Up in smoke!! On 4/20, blaze breaks out at marijuana grow warehouse in Oakland

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/20/on-morning-of-4-20-blaze-breaks-out-at-marijuana-grow-warehouse-in-east-oakland/

A cannabis grow warehouse in East Oakland went up in smoke in the early morning of 4/20 — culturally known as a stoner holiday to celebrate marijuana.

The blaze broke out shortly after 4:20 a.m. at a lived-in RV parked just in front of the warehouse, located at 1000 40th Ave. in East Oakland. Ten fire engines and nearly 60 firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire and had contained it by 6:05 a.m., said Oakland fire spokesman Michael Hunt.


Juana Ochoa lives two doors down from the cannabis grow facility. She woke up early to popping sounds, and first thought that someone was lighting fireworks. When she opened up her front door to look outside, she saw an RV on her street bursting into flames.

Ochoa watched as the flames climbed up toward electrical wires hanging overhead between two street lamps. The wires started emitting sparks, she said, and then dropped onto the warehouse, which then caught fire.

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