Fire forces evacuation of Tweed marijuana facility in Smiths Falls

A small explosion and fire forced a brief evacuation of the Tweed Inc. medicinal marijuana production plant in Smiths Falls Monday morning.
The fire occurred while construction crews were using an acetylene torch in an unoccupied portion of the company’s sprawling campus in the former Hershey’s Chocolate factory, said Bruce Linton, founder and CEO of Canopy Growth, Tweed’s parent company.
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