United States v. Steven D. Loos and Lorna Jo Taylor

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Two manufacturers of methamphetamine were captured when the process went awry and a fire broke out. Firefighters found the apartment’s kitchen and the living room ablaze, and the bedroom appeared to be used as a laboratory. Explosions (several small and one large) occurred. After the conflagration was brought under control, firefighters summoned both fire investigators and police. Officer Power found cans of ether and paraphernalia that could be used to make methamphetamine. Concerned that volatile chemicals could detonate, Officer Power contacted the Drug…