By RVFD Webmaster on Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Category: Latest News

Ross Valley Firefighters Rescue Family Trapped by Mudslide

FAIRFAX, CA – Firefighters rescued a Fairfax family Tuesday evening (January 10, 2017) after a mudslide and fallen tree trapped them inside their house during a heavy storm.

Firefighters from Ross Valley Fire Departmentand Marin County Fire Department rescued two children and their grandparents from a home on the 300 block of Olema Road in Fairfax.  There were no injuries.

A gas line rupture caused by equipment clearing a debris slide in the same area blocked Sir Francis Drake Blvd for several hours Tuesday night.