A fire at a home in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood early Monday morning was caused by a malfunction in equipment being used for a marijuana grow there, a fire department spokeswoman said today.
Firefighters responded to a single-family home in the 500 block of 35th Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. and arrived to see smoke coming from the building, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
The fire was burning in the home’s garage, which housed a marijuana grow operation that consisted of several immature pot plants, Talmadge said.
Crews put out the blaze at 1:28 a.m. after it caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the building and destroyed $25,000 in contents, Talmadge said.
The home was vacant, she said.
Police are investigating the details of the marijuana grow operation.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
