GREEN MEADOWS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An apparent marijuana growing operation went up in flames in the South Los Angeles area during a major fire Saturday afternoon.
About 170 Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to battle the flames in the 8700 block of South Crocker Street in the Green Meadows neighborhood.
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The intense flames kept firefighting crews in a defensive position.
At first the 300' by 300' one-story commercial building appeared to be a furniture manufacturing business, but firefighters discovered it was actually housing a marijuana grow operation.
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No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.