Crime & Safety

Copier Catches Fire in Downtown Office

No injuries, but Fourth Street shut down for a short time.

San Rafael firefighters quickly extinguished an electrical fire that started in a copy machine in a downtown office Monday morning, Fire Chief Christopher Gray said.

The fire was reported at 9:43 a.m. at 1408 Fourth St., and firefighters arrived in two minutes, Gray said. Fourth Street was shut down between D and E streets while crews battled the small blaze, but the street was quickly opened up again, a police dispatcher said.

The blaze, which burned in unit No. 23 in the three-story building, caused mostly smoke and heat damage, and firefighters prevented the flames from penetrating the wall behind the large copy machine, Gray said.

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No injuries were reported, he said.

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