Firefighters battle heavy smoke at medical cannabis dispensary in Clearwater

Authored by fox13news.com and submitted by devicto89

Firefighters knocked back flames coming out of a medical marijuana dispensary in Clearwater Thursday.

Clearwater Fire and Rescue posted a photo on Twitter showing thick smoke coming from MÜV Medical Cannabis, located at 29901 Highway US 19.

The business is withing a small shopping complex. It was not clear if any of the attached businesses were impacted.

Northbound lanes of the highway were closed between 297th Ave. N and 298th Ave. N. Crews ask drivers to avoid the area.

powercow on April 21st, 2022 at 19:02 UTC »

I love the picture, it looks like a bunch of firefighters standing arround watching the fire going "whoa cooooool"

Happy-Map7656 on April 21st, 2022 at 18:53 UTC »

Fire? What fire? Oh, that one, over there, maybe, I think.

crapatthethriftstore on April 21st, 2022 at 17:38 UTC »

Avoid the area…. Unless you wanna get hiiiiiigh