An early-morning blaze gutted a San Anselmo home Friday.Fire officials said a couple who were renting the single-story unit at 404 San Francisco Blvd. escaped without injury to report the fire at 3:41 a.m., but their dog died. Firefighters from Marin County Fire, Ross Valley and Kentfield fire departments had the blaze contained by 4:16 a.m.
“It was a total loss,” Marin County fire Battalion Chief Tim Thompson said of the 800-square-foot wood-shingled home. “It’s still standing, but it’s gutted.”
Neighbor Maggie Sorgen saw fire and smoke pouring out of the nearby roof after firefighters hustled her out of her house. She said the young occupants “were lucky to get out.
“They woke up to smoke throughout and were standing in their bare feet,” she said.
Sorgen did not know the names of the couple.The unit was one of several rentals owned by Tiburon resident Gideon Sorokin in the area known by locals as “the compound” at the end of the road. The home was not equipped with fire detectors, Thompson said.
Thompson said the possible cause of the fire, which appeared to have started next to the water heater, was an electrical unit, but officials were continuing their investigation.
Story written by Marin Independent Journal
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