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  • Police, firefighters face decontamination amid suspected drug-lab probe
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Police, firefighters face decontamination amid suspected drug-lab probe

London police officers and firefighters in hazardous-material suits were hosed down with decontamination spray Wednesday after leaving an east-end townhouse where investigators are probing a suspected drug lab. ...

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:44:28-04:00June 25th, 2019|Categories: Drugs, Hazardous Materials|
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  • Acting deputy fire chief Jack Burt shows how a December butane THC-extraction blast blew the bricks off the walls of this Hamilton Road home.
    Marijuana prompts drug-related explosion
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Marijuana prompts drug-related explosion

Legalized marijuana prompts drug-related explosion, fire warning Fire officials are worried about a spike in potentially deadly explosions and fires after marijuana becomes legal in October. An explosion so strong ...

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:44:32-04:00August 24th, 2018|Categories: Drugs|
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  • Pot operation linked to fire: police
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Pot operation linked to fire: police

London man is charged with arson by negligence and drug production in weekend house fire Investigators were looking into a suspicious fire which caused $60,000 in damage to a ...

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:44:49-04:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Drugs, Post Incident Follow Up|Tags: ~20170806 Strand St|
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  • Report: Meth Lab Suspected
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Report: Meth Lab Suspected

Report: Meth Lab Suspected in Explosion, Fire at Southdale Road East Townhouse Complex The investigation into an explosion and fire at a south London townhouse complex last week has now ...

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:45:25-04:00August 18th, 2014|Categories: Drugs, Explosion, Fire|Tags: ~20140816 Southdale Townhouse|
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Man Facing Charge After Fire Leads To Discovery Of Grow-Op

A 47 year old London man has been charged with having a marijuana grow operation after it was discovered following a fire. The fire broke out just after 12:30pm Sunday ...

Fire Buff2012-07-27T12:58:19-04:00April 24th, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|Tags: AM 980 News Talk Sports, ~20120523 313 Horton St - Grow Op|
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Pot Fire Sparks Pot Bust

An unattended pot on a stove led London police to a marijuana grow operation. London firefighters and police responded to a fire at 313 Horton St. about 12:30 p.m. Sunday ...

Fire Buff2012-07-27T12:57:18-04:00April 24th, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|Tags: ~20120523 313 Horton St - Grow Op|
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Two men charged after police find two grow ops

A 47-year-old London man was arrested Monday morning (April 23) after a marijuana grow operation consisting of 82 plants, totalling $82,000, was discovered at his 313 Horton St. home.

Fire Buff2025-04-23T07:48:46-04:00April 23rd, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|
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House fire leads police to marijuana grow-op

A 30-year-old London man is facing several drug-related charges after a small grow-op was discovered during a fire call on Princess Avenue. On Wednesday (Feb. 22), at 3:15 p.m., the ...

Fire Buff2013-07-08T14:45:07-04:00February 24th, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|Tags: London Community News.com|
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  • Fire leads to grow op (update)
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Fire leads to grow op (update)

Around 420 marijuana plants — totaling $420,000 — were seized from grow op in the city’s north end after members of the London police and RCMP executed a ...

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:46:10-04:00February 4th, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|Tags: London Community News.com, ~20120202 Lindisfarne Road - Grow Op|
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Fire destroys suspected grow-op

An early morning fire has destroyed a North London home suspected of housing a marijuana grow-op.

Fire Buff2020-07-14T07:46:11-04:00February 2nd, 2012|Categories: Drugs, Fire|Tags: ~20120202 Lindisfarne Road - Grow Op|
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