Police have finished their work removing cannabis plants from the scene of a serious house fire in Ipswich.
Officers dressed in white forensics suits were on Reading Road from around 3pm yesterday to catalogue the plants into evidence.
The family of an 89-year-old woman who lives next door are working with social services to find somewhere for her to live as the building is not safe for her to return.
Emergency services were called to the fire in the roof of the semi-detached house at around 11.55am on Friday.
Brown smoke could be seen billowing from the building with flames bursting up from under the roof tiles.
Firefighters had to temporarily halt their attempts to find a ‘unaccounted for’ resident who was believed to be still in the building so that UK Power Networks could shut down the power to the property.
Yesterday, fire crews called off the search after a removing debris from the first floor ceiling and conducting a thorough search.
According to fire station commander Jon Southgate, a ‘substantial’ amount of cannabis had been discovered in the property.
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