Crime & Safety
Rossmoor Fire Started Near Stove, But Was Not Cooking-Related
Damage estimated at $2 million by county fire marshal.
Bay City News Service
A two-alarm fire that broke out July 22 in a manor co-op complex in Rossmoor appears to have started in or near a stove, but was not related to cooking, a fire marshal with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said Friday.
Fire investigators are still evaluating the stove to see if it malfunctioned, Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard said.
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caused an estimated $2 million in damage, Broschard said.
The fire was reported shortly after 6:30 p.m. at 1209 Running Springs Drive in Rossmoor, a retirement community in Walnut Creek. When fire crews arrived, nearly all eight units in the building were heavily involved in fire.
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All 13 residents were evacuated without injury and firefighters were able to contain the blaze by about 7:20 p.m.
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