Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters attended a fire at a vehicle workshop on Stafford Road in Croydon, which led to the discovery of a suspected cannabis factory inside the workshop.
Half of a ground floor vehicle workshop was damaged by fire. Three people left an adjacent flat before the Brigade arrived and crews assisted two people out of the building from a flat above the workshop. A woman and a child were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews as a precaution.
The fire was discovered by a resident who left the building and made the first of three calls to the Brigade.
The Brigade was called at 0107 and the fire was under control by 0226. Fire crews from Croydon, Wallington and Purley fire stations attended the scene.
The Brigade’s Fire Investigation Team believe the fire was accidental and involved a fridge freezer.