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In the midst of trying to get a fire under control on South Street yesterday morning, Mt. Vernon firefighters uncover a very big, and very illegal, marijuana factory worth over $100,000. (8/21/08)

FRAT HOUSE THIS MORNING -- AFTER A FIRE BREAKS OUT OVERNIGHT. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE AT THE OLD SIGMA CHI HOUSE WITH MORE: FORTUNATELY EVERBODY WHO WAS INSIDE THE OLD SIGMA CHAI HOUSE... WHICH IS NOW THE CO-ED TELOS CAMPUS HOUSE... HERE AT 1855 SIGMA CHI ROAD ... IS DOING JUST FINE THIS MORNING. BUT THEY SAY IT WAS A REALLY SCARY NIGHT. 13 HOUSE MEMBERS WERE INSIDE THE BUILDING THIS MORNING. I'M TOLD THEY ACTUALLY WERE AWAKEN BY A FIRE ALARM. THEN TWO GUYS RAN THROUGH THE HOUSE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS... AND FOUND SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE BASEMENT. THEN THEY HEARD A POP... AND WENT DOOR TO DOOR WAKING EVERYBODY UP AND GETTING THEM OUTSIDE. 13 ENGINES RESPONDED... WITH ABOUT 30 CREW MEMBERS. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL WITHIN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ALL 13 PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE WERE EVACUATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISPLACED. MEANWHILE... WE'VE LEARNED THE FIRE DAMAGE IS ACTUALLY CONTAINED TO THAT STORAGE ROOM... BUT THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. REPORTING LIVE NEAR UNM, KAYLA ANDERSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY. NEW THIS MORNING -

Fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused the house to catch fire.