`GRASS' FIRE IN VALLEY HOME BLAZE LEADS TO DISCOVERY.Byline: ANGIE VALENCIA-MARTINEZ Staff Writer CHATSWORTH -- Fire swept through a large, two-story home Monday that had been converted into a greenhouse to grow marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. , authorities said. Nobody was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the early morning blaze in the 10800 block of N. Independence Avenue, which caused damage to the front of the home, fire officials said. The cause of the blaze was under investigation. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Lt. Joe Eddy said police will question the owner of the home, identified by county records as Matthew Baron, who couldn't be reached for comment. The interior of the home had been turned into a greenhouse, with high-intensity light and watering systems, Eddy said. Nobody lived there, but neighbors told police they would often see people come and go. ``There are all too many of these where a home is converted into one of these cultivation operations,'' Eddy said. ``This is just another one in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. .'' Inside, narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detectives recovered ``a significant quantity of various sizes of marijuana plants,'' Eddy said. He could not say what the value of the drugs was. Firefighters arrived at the burning home at 1 a.m. and found the front part of the structure burning, said Ron Myers, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . More than 80 firefighters took about 35 minutes to put out the blaze. angie.valencia@dailynews.com (818) 713-3699 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) L.A. firefighters, above, battle a blaze at a two-story home around 1 a.m. Monday morning on Independence Avenue in Chatsworth. Below, firefighters discover the home had been turned into a greenhouse for what police say were hundreds of marijuana plants. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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