Police blotter

Firefighters find apparent meth lab

St. Albans firefighters found what appeared to be amethamphetamine lab after responding to a blaze at a home on the 1400block of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Firefighters made the discovery after extinguishing the blaze,which caused minimal damage to the home's kitchen and dining room,said Sgt. James Agee of the St. Albans Police Department

Once the apparent lab was noticed, Agee said an officer from theMetro Drug Unit was called in to collect samples and remove them fortesting.

"Lab tests will have to be done to determine whether or not it wasa meth lab," Agee said, "but there are indications that it could be."

No one was home at the time of the fire, which emergency crewsresponded to about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, and no injuries were reported.Two dogs staying at the home had to be taken to the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Animal Shelter, Agee said.

The fire department's arson investigator is still trying todetermine what caused the blaze, Agee said.