Police are investigating a suspected clandestine drug operation after a late-night fire tore through a Burnaby home Friday.
Residents of a house in the 5400-block of Manor Street called 911 around 10 p.m. after a fire broke out in the home.
“Our crews proceeded in and extinguished the fire,” Burnaby Fire Chief Dave Samson said. “During that process they discovered products that were consistent of a clandestine drug lab. So at that point the assistant fire chief on the scene had all crews removed from the building [and] went into a defensive operation.”
Police said the house may have been a lab where chemicals from everyday medications are extracted to make illegal substances.