UPDATED: Renton House Fire Exposes Marijuana Grow Operation

UPDATE: 10:15 a.m.

Renton Police are currently serving a search warrant on the residence, according to a statement released Tuesday morning. There are no suspects at this time. 

ORIGINAL POST: 7:30 a.m.

Renton Fire and Emergency Services responded to a house fire-turned pot bust early Tuesday on Talbot Crest Drive South.

Not surprisingly, no one was home.

Reports of the fire first surfaced at 5:22 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. Firefighters arrived to find flames coming from the eaves of the two-story, split-level home.

“We did a quick knock down,” said Battalion Chief Bill Flora. “The flames were out within 15 minutes."

Renton Fire has responded to other house fires in the Talbot neighborhood, but a residential fire-turned pot bust in this neighborhood is a first, he said.

After a search of the home, firefighters found plants on the first and second floors of the home, but did not find anyone inside.

As of 6:30 a.m., firefighters continued to clear the house so the Renton Police Department could conduct an investigation.

Investigators report the cause of the fire was likely accidental.