Fire destroys Rohnert Park home

Residents told firefighters they awoke to the ceiling collapsing and feared an earthquake, before learning their home was burning.|
RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A Rohnert Park house fire early Wednesday consumed the home as five adults narrowly escaped the blaze, according to authorities.

Multiple neighbors began calling 911 at 3:22 a.m. to report an explosion - apparently the sound of the Jubilee Court home’s collapsing roof.

Rohnert Park, Rancho Adobe and Rincon Valley firefighters were dispatched to a possible fireplace explosion.

Rohnert Park firefighters arrived in about three minutes and found the two-story home’s roof caved in and flames shooting 30 feet into the air, said Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates, who commanded the two-alarm firefight.

Two pets in the home were believed to have escaped.

A preliminary investigation indicated the blaze started in the fireplace, Bates said.

Flames consumed much of the house. Bates estimated damage at $450,000.

-Randi Rossmann

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