Suspected meth lab was brewing beer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Police in Colorado said an apartment building was evacuated when a manager confused a home beer-brewing operation with a meth lab.

Colorado Springs police said the apartment building at 2400 Tremont St. was evacuated Monday and a Hazardous Materials team was brought in after the manager conducted a routine inspection and discovered a pair of 5-gallon buckets giving off an odor he suspected to be involved with the production of meth, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette reported Wednesday.

However, residents were allowed back into the building after about 45 minutes when the buckets were found to contain home-brewed beer.