The three-alarm fire was reported at 9:41 p.m. at 50 Hillcrest Court, where firefighters arrived to find flames coming out of the second story of a two-story hillside home, Battalion Chief Gavin Illingworth said.
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Crews were able to extinguish the fire at 10:51 p.m. and found the victim dead inside the home, Illingworth said. The person's identity has not yet been released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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The Ross Valley Fire Department serves the communities of San Anselmo, Ross, Fairfax and Sleepy Hollow in Marin County.