Santa Rosa firefighters move in to position to fight a fire at the Journey's End Mobile Home Park in Santa Rosa, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014 which destroyed one mobile home and damaged another. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2014

Mobile home fire in Santa Rosa caused by electrical malfunction

RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Fire that destroyed a Santa Rosa mobile home Thursday may have started with an electrical malfunction, said a Santa Rosa fire official Friday.

The investigation into the cause of the Journey's End mobile home park appeared to point to an outside freezer, said Battalion Chief Mark Basque.

The 1:50 p.m. fire destroyed a single-wide home and damaged three others.

Basque said the small freezer was at the home that was destroyed.

Combustibles stored around the freezer also likely added to the fire's quick spread, he said.

The fire caused about $125,000 in damage.

While the freezer connection to the cause wasn't definitive, it was probable, Basque said.

"The indicators point to that," he said.

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