POLICE WARN THAT GROUND SPARKING CAN BE SIGN OF GROW OP

Police are warning Calgarians that ground sparking near homes can be
another sign of a marijuana grow operation.

In the past couple of months there have been two fires in the city
linked to grow ops.

Police believe that tampering with the power supply caused the ground
around at least one of the houses to become live with
electricity.

Witnesses reported seeing the ground sparking and on fire near at
least one of the homes, and an electrical engineer confirmed the
ground around the house would have been live at the time.

As a result, it would have posed a danger to anyone who came near,
police said Monday when they issued the public warning.

The fire where there was live earth was in the 200 block of Templeview
Way N.E. on Aug. 24. The other fire took place on Saddleridge Close
N.E. on Sept. 6.