Fire breaks out at former San Rafael school

San Rafael firefighters extinguished a structure fire that broke out on Monday at a shuttered school. No injuries were reported.

Around 4 p.m., the fire was reported at the former Timothy Murphy School at 1 St. Vincent Drive. San Rafael Deputy Chief Robert Sinnott said that fire crews contained the flames to a ceiling fan and an attic. Damages were minor, he said. The cause of the fire was likely an overheated fan motor.

Murphy, which closed in 2019, was an independent school that educated primarily foster youth on the Catholic Charities-owned St. Vincent’s School for Boys property in Marinwood.