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Explosion At Marijuana Growing Operation

For the original story by ABC-10’s Jerry Taylor, click here.

One man was severely injured after a building at K.I. Sawyer exploded Monday morning.

KI-Sawyer-explosion-finalWhen first responders arrived on scene just before 9:00am, they found someone lying out front of the burning building and they pulled him away from the structure.

The victim was taken to U.P. Health System – Marquette for treatment.

Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire inside the building.

According to Forsyth Township Police Chief Gordon Warchock, marijuana was being grown inside the structure.

It is not currently known if the marijuana was being grown legally.

“Our main focus right now is not to try to figure out who to prosecute for this. Our main focus is — right now — is to figure out what caused the explosion,” said Warchock.

A state fire investigator and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives were all on scene investigating the incident.

The building is considered to be a total loss.

A neighboring building was also damaged in the explosion.

The sole occupant of the second building at the time of the explosion was uninjured.

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