San Rafael Fire Linked To Gas Explosion; Dead Man ID D

Alexander Gregory Sujohn, 51, was found dead inside his front door Tuesday evening after firefighters searched the charred ruins of his home at 812 A St.
An autopsy was performed Wednesday and coccinella tattoo it appears the cause of death is 'fire-related,' said Assistant Coroner Gary Tindel. But the cause will not be officially determined until toxicology tests are completed, he said.
Authorities were still investigating whether the explosion was accidental or intentional.
'There's been nothing confirmed as far as whether he was despondent,' said San Rafael police Sgt. Raffaello Pata. 'We're still looking into that.'
The explosion occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday at the residence, a 1,400-square-foot duplex in a mostly commercial section of downtown San Rafael. Investigators said Sujohn's family owned the duplex and tattoo side effects he lived alone in one half of it. The other half was going to be rented out.
The preliminary investigation indicates the main area of the blast was toward the front of the building, in the area of the kitchen and nacken tattoos living room, San Rafael fire Capt. Bradley Mark said Wednesday.
Mark said the explosion occurred in two phases, which is 'not uncommon' for natural gas blasts.
'We had an initial light explosion with a heavier one following,' he said. 'It blew out the windows and it blew out the south wall of the kitchen
and living room from the top plate (where the side wall meets the roof).
'The firefighters pulled out the rest of the wall because they thought it was going to fall. That's typical of a natural gas explosion -- something's got to give somewhere.'
After stabilizing the building, firefighters went inside and found Sujohn's body. No one else was in the home,no animals were found.
Mark said a possible source of ignition might have been a spark from a smoke detector or furnace. There was no evidence of an accelerant at the scene.
'At this point there's nothing suspicious,' he said.
Sujohn, a tattoo artist, was a member of a family with a longtime presence in San Rafael. His father, John, who died in 1981, was a veterinarian who ran a downtown spaying clinic.
Read more San Rafael stories at the IJ's San Rafael section.
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