BUSH FIRE: Three Rural Fire Service crews took two hours to get a fire at East Lynne extinguished on Friday. Drug plants were found at the site.
A fire at East Lynne on Friday is believed to have started in products used to grow nine cannabis plants that were found nearby.
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A Far South Coast Police spokesman said the fire was contained to a small area.
“Police attended the site and located nine cannabis plants," he said.
“Water containers, batteries and other irrigation products were also found.”
The fire broke out after 2pm in bushland off Dam Road, north of the Pebbly Beach turnoff, east of the power line easement on the eastern side of the Princes Highway.
A Shoalhaven Fire Control spokesman said three RFS crews contained the blaze to an area of about half a hectare.
Crews from Depot Beach, Bawley Point and Kioloa brigades responded.
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