Two men badly burned in SW fire
Posted Oct 2, 2011 9:32 am.
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Police now say an explosion and fire in the southwest Saturday afternoon was a grow op.
Two men suffered serious burns when the blast happened at a home in the Elboya park area, at 4th Street and 51st Avenue just before 4 a.m.
A book shelf and a couch were found smoldering and were extinguished.
The resident told police he had a permit to grow marijuana from the federal government.
Members of the arson unit are handling the investigation in cooperation with Health Canada.
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