A major cannabis farm has been discovered in Huddersfield - when the house where it was growing caught fire.

Fire crews were called to the house in Sufton Street, Birkby, when a passer-by spotted smoke pouring from the building.

They found a severe fire inside, which burned through part of a floor.

It was tackled by fire crews from Huddersfield, Rastrick and Cleckheaton.

Now police are trying to trap those who set up the cannabis growing operation and caused the fire.

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Lighting and heating equipment overloaded the electrical circuits.

A large number of mature plants were recovered from the house and destroyed.

A police worker at the cannabis farm uncovered in a house fire in Birkby

A police spokesman said: “This was a well-established cannabis farm and you can see that the electrics were overloaded, which can easily lead to a fire.

“Cannabis farms are illegal and also a fire hazard.”