EL SOBRANTE, CA — A fire at a library in El Sobrante on Tuesday is being investigated as a possible arson, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District officials.
The fire was reported at 8:20 p.m. in the library at 4191 Appian Way. Firefighters extinguished the two-alarm blaze in about an hour and 20 minutes, according to Fire Capt. George Laing.
The blaze entered a concealed area under the roof that was completely combustible, Laing said. Fire crews were able to stop it before it burned the attic.
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"If that had happened that would have been disaster for the library, but it was a good stop by our crews," he said.
Laing said there were no injuries reported, and that the fire district did not immediately have a damage estimate for the fire.