Tampa fire reveals huge marijuana grow house
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What started a routine fire at a Tampa-area home early Wednesday turned into the bust of a massive marijuana grow house, reported My Fox Tampa Bay.
Fire rescue crews from Tampa and Temple Terrace received a call at 2 a.m. reporting that a house had caught fire. Firefighters worked for nearly an hour before getting the flames under control. It was then that they discovered a room containing 306 pounds of marijuana. After obtaining a search warrant, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies spent four hours removing 15 marijuana plants, estimated to be worth $765,000.
According to sheriff's office spokeswoman Cristal Bermudez Nunez, it was clear that the “rooms had been converted for the sole purpose of cultivating marijuana.”
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Fire investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire, but deputies say several suspects have been identified and arrests are forthcoming
The house was located a block away from an elementary school.