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Fatal Fire Cause In Grass Valley Accidental

Posted: Mar. 9, 2017 1:01 PM PST

After a woman died in a fire on Independence Court in Grass Valley on December 19th, police could not rule out foul play. But now Deputy Fire Marshall Darrin Hutchins says the cause of the blaze was accidental…

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Officials stated at the time that the victim, 31-year-old Raquel Larimer, of Nevada City, was staying in a crawl space in the basement, which is unpermitted and illegal. An autopsy showed that she died of smoke inhalation…

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So Police Chief Alex Gammelgard says it’s officially not a criminal case. At the coroner’s office, Nevada County Sheriff’s Sergeant Mike Sullivan stated, shortly after the fire, that the home belonged to Larimer’s boyfriend.

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