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Firefighters Discover Marijuana Grow While Battling South LA House Fire

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A home where a fire broke out in the South Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles Wednesday morning contained a marijuana grow.

Firefighters Discover Marijuana Grow While Battling South LA House Fire
Los Angeles Fire Department crews at a house fire in South L.A. July 29, 2020. (CBSLA)

The fire was reported at 5:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of South Crocker Street.

L.A. Fire Department crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the one-story home. It took 55 firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze, LAFD said. No one was hurt.

The home contained "excessive storage," including a marijuana grow operation, the fire department said.

The cause is under investigation.

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