UPDATED - Cannabis farm found at house fire

POLICE have confirmed that a cannabis factory was found when the fire brigade tackled a blaze in Rotherham this morning.

Two fire crews were called to a house on Albion Road in Clifton at 5.50am on Friday.

They brought the fire under control by 6.30am but evidence of a cannabis factory was found.

Police are still at the scene.

A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said: “We have found a cannabis set-up.

“We are carrying out a joint investigation with the South Yorkshire Fire Service into the cause of the fire and we are also investigating the cannabis set-up we have found.”

The spokeswoman said that the house structure is now unsafe.

The cannabis factory is understood to have been on the ground floor of the property but it is not known how the other floors were being used.