Firemen get 'high' in ganja blaze
Friday, June 22, 2007
Marijuana
907 kilos of marijuana up in smoke
Firefighters spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 907 kilos of marijuana went up in smoke.
But they breathed in so much marijuana smoke that they would have failed a drug test, accoriding to Fire Chief Shawn Snider.
He added that this was despite wearing air packs to prevent them from inhaling toxic or hazardous fumes.
It took more than 35 firefighters, 3,785 litres of water and 19 litres of chemical suppressant to extinguish the warehouse fire on Wednesday in Edinburg, Texas.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were investigating the origin of the drugs. Local officials were investigating whether arson was the cause.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Marijuana
907 kilos of marijuana up in smoke
Firefighters spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 907 kilos of marijuana went up in smoke.
But they breathed in so much marijuana smoke that they would have failed a drug test, accoriding to Fire Chief Shawn Snider.
He added that this was despite wearing air packs to prevent them from inhaling toxic or hazardous fumes.
It took more than 35 firefighters, 3,785 litres of water and 19 litres of chemical suppressant to extinguish the warehouse fire on Wednesday in Edinburg, Texas.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were investigating the origin of the drugs. Local officials were investigating whether arson was the cause.
