It took just over four hours Saturday for 170 firefighters to put out a massive blaze in a 90,000-square-foot commercial structure that contained a marijuana growing operation in the Green Meadows area of Los Angeles.
The fire was called in at 2:19 p.m. at 8730 S. Crocker St., first reported as having started outside the single-story building and spreading inside, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey said.
Firefighters first reported it housed a furniture manufacturing business and later discovered the marijuana growing operation inside the series of commercial structures that shared a roof, Humphrey said.
The blaze quickly grew to a greater-alarm fire and firefighters were ordered to work outside the structure and defend surrounding structures as it became too dangerous inside. The flames were out at 6:23 p.m., he said.
No injuries were reported, he said. Fire investigators were working to determine the cause of the fire and the nature of other businesses on the property.