Man charged over secret Brisbane drug lab

A man has been charged after police stumbled upon a secret drug laboratory in South Brisbane.

The 36-year-old Tingalpa man is facing seven charges, including producing and possessing dangerous drugs, and possessing drug-making utensils.

He's also been charged in relation to an unauthorised stash of bullets.

Emergency services discovered a clandestine drug laboratory in an Edmonstone Street unit complex after an alarm set the sprinkler system off about 12.30am on Thursday

Police say several rooms were extensively damaged from water and chemical residue.

Several men fled the scene and detectives later went to a property in Tingalpa, in Brisbane's east.

Police have not confirmed how many people are being questioned over the incident, but a man is scheduled to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates' Court on Thursday afternoon.

Investigations are continuing.