Pot Growing Operation Found Inside Burning SF Bernal Heights Home

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Firefighters battled a one-alarm fire in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood where they uncovered an illegal marijuana grow operation this morning, a fire dispatcher said.

A report of a fire in the 300 block of Mayflower Street came in around 3:50 a.m., the dispatcher said.

The blaze was extinguished by about 4:45 a.m., according to the dispatcher.

The dispatcher did not report any injuries from the fire.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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