{"id":4137,"date":"2015-02-10T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2015-02-10T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:49:17","slug":"fire-crew-tackle-cannabis-farm-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/10\/fire-crew-tackle-cannabis-farm-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire crew tackle cannabis farm fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Words by Joshua Smith<\/h6>\n<p>FOUR fire engines were called to Plasnewydd Place on Arran Road, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roathcardiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roath<\/a> today after a fire broke out at a suspected cannabis farm.<br \/>\nThe fire services were called to the property at 10.18am to tackle the fire, which is said to have started in a bedroom because of a failure to the artificial lighting required to grow the illegal drugs.<br \/>\nSmoke was seen coming out of the second floor window and the fire service responded with four firemen with breathing equipment as well as two hoses.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4138\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0876.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4138\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0876-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Police and fire services were called to the blaze\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4138\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0876-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Police and fire services were called to the blaze\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Police and fire services were called to the blaze<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFiremen had to force an entry into the property and it was deemed that the fire had started on the first floor.<br \/>\n\u201cI saw smoke coming from the building but the fire services got it all under control very quickly,\u201d\u00a0 said Peter Sullivan, 69, of Arran Road.<br \/>\nAnother eyewitness said: \u201cFour police vans came and I saw them taking cannabis plants and lighting equipment out of the property. I don\u2019t know who lives there but I know it\u2019s a rented property.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4139\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_cannabis_online.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4139\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_cannabis_online-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fire crews responded quickly\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4139\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_cannabis_online-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fire crews responded quickly\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Fire crews responded quickly<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe fire services have stated that all persons are accounted for and there are no casualties. They said that the fire was started by accident but have no further information at this time.<br \/>\nThis comes after police cracked down on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/police-close-down-nine-cannabis-8236938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> nine cannabis factories worth millions of pounds in Cathays<\/a> in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Joshua Smith FOUR fire engines were called to Plasnewydd Place on Arran Road, Roath today after a fire broke out at a suspected cannabis farm. The fire services were called to the property at 10.18am to tackle the fire, which is said to have started in a bedroom because of a failure to the artificial lighting required to grow the illegal drugs. 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