Fire Crews Battle House Fire, Find Marijuana Plants
POSTED: 6:31 pm PDT September 5,
2008
UPDATED: 6:32 pm PDT September 5,
2008
SAN DIEGO -- Firefighters came across a sizable stash of marijuana plants Friday while extinguishing a blaze that tore through a patio behind a Barrio Logan home, authorities reported.The fire in the 1700 block of Commercial Street erupted shortly after 5:30 p.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.It took crews about 15 minutes to put out the flames, which also engulfed a "large amount" of marijuana plants in the patio area, a dispatcher said.
No injuries were reported.Trolley service through the neighborhood was suspended while firefighters attacked the blaze.
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