Police known as to a fireplace on Cowdenbeath excessive avenue earlier on Tuesday have revealed a hashish cultivation was discovered within the blaze-stricken constructing.
Emergency companies had been known as to a hearth above a derelict comfort retailer within the Fife city at round 9.35am on September 27, with dramatic photos exhibiting flames spewing from an upstairs window. Nevertheless, as soon as inside firefighters found what has been described as a "vital" hashish manufacturing unit, which has now been seized by police pending additional investigation.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “At round 9.50am on Tuesday, 27 September, we had been known as to offer site visitors administration whereas SFRS handled a hearth on Excessive Road, Cowdenbeath.
"A hashish cultivation was found inside a property. Officers will stay on scene whereas an investigation is carried out.”
No accidents have been reported within the fireplace and the constructing isn't thought to have been considerably broken within the inferno.
Cowdenbeath excessive avenue stays closed whereas police perform investigations, and a single fireplace engine stays on the scene dampening down the construction.
A Scottish Hearth and Rescue spokesperson stated: "We had been alerted at 9.30am on Tuesday, 27 September to reviews of a constructing fireplace on Cowdenbeath Excessive Road. Operations Management instantly mobilised 4 home equipment to the scene, the place crews are labored to extinguish the fireplace.
"We've one equipment nonetheless on the scene dampening down in the intervening time. There have been no reported casualties."
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