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Large fire breaks out at cannabis facility in Delta, B.C., no injuries reported

Large fire breaks out at cannabis facility in Delta, B.C., no injuries reported | iNFOnews.ca
FILE PHOTO - Staff work in a marijuana grow room that can be viewed by at the new visitors centre at Canopy Growths Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Original Publication Date: November 2, 2020 6:36AM
Publication Updated: April 17, 2025 12:59PM

DELTA, B.C. – A prominent Canadian cannabis producer says a fire in Delta, B.C. has broken out at one of its disused greenhouses.

Canopy Growth says the blaze in Delta, B.C. is located at a facility that has not been in operation for several months.

Local police say they were called to the site at around 7:30 this morning.

They say no one appears to have been injured in the blaze, which sent dark clouds of smoke billowing into the sky.

Police say no one appears to have been inside the facility when the fire broke out.

They say the blaze will likely take several hours to extinguish completely.

Companies in this story: (TSX:WEED)

This report from The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 1, 2020.

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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