BEVERLY – A Walker, W.Va., man fractured his back after leaping nearly 20 feet in an attempt to elude authorities during the investigation of a methamphetamine operation in the Beverly area Sunday.

Clandestine drug laboratories are a witch’s brew of hazards for firefighters. They can contain as many as eight of the nine hazard classes. (Radiation generally isn’t used nor produced as a byproduct ...

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