A warehouse fire in Pacific, Washington over Memorial Day weekend led police to uncover an illegal marijuana growing operation containing more than 1,000 plants, hazardous chemicals, an illegal power connection, and four bear traps placed outside the entrances, posing a direct danger to the first responders who arrived to fight the fire.
Crews were called to the warehouse on Stewart Road Southwest during the holiday weekend. Upon arrival, they discovered marijuana plants growing inside the facility alongside hazardous chemicals and multiple building and fire code violations. The operation appeared to be illegally drawing power from an outside source. After obtaining a search warrant, officers seized over 1,000 marijuana plants from the main unit. A search of a second unit within the same warehouse yielded several hundred additional plants.
