A home near Grass Valley has been destroyed by fire. Nevada County Consolidated Chief Patrick Sullivan says it began early Monday morning on Victor Place near Dixon Road…

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But Sullivan says older homes tend to be more susceptible to igniting on their own. And there was also a lot of debris that added to the fuel content and hampered suppression efforts…

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Sullivan says neighbors indicated the 15-hundred-square-foot home might have originally have been an old miner’s shack that had multiple add-ons over the years. He says there could also be electrical issues. He says rodents can chew more easily through old wiring, causing it to arc up into insulation.