From the Marin Independent Journal August 7th, 2006:

San Rafael firefighters are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire that destroyed a D Street apartment Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the fire. “We have no idea what caused it,” Battalion Chief Ritt Hewitt said.

He said the fire’s origins were confusing, but not suspicious.

“It began in a room that was almost bare, except for some books and small electronic items,” Hewitt said. “We’re not sure what happened.”

Firefighters arrived at 412 D Street at 2:19 p.m. to find a small but intense fire burning in the apartment of Addrianna Reitenbach.

“The glass blew out, and we were worried that the fire might spread to a nearby utility pole,” Hewitt said. “But that was only for a short time.”

While the fire left Reitenbach’s apartment a charred, blackened mess, the rest of the building, a commercial/residential complex, sustained no significant damage, Hewitt said.

“Both of our laptops, which contain both of our businesses, weren’t in the apartment at the time of the fire, so there was no harm done there,” said Jason McClain, a friend of Reitenbach’s. “We have a wide community of friends that we can stay with, so there should be no problem.”

Reitenbach and McClain had left the apartment earlier that morning and were mystified by the cause of the fire, McClain said.

“We’re not smokers, and we didn’t have any heaters on or electronic devices plugged in,” McClain said.

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