From Barbara Barte Osborn:
TRUCKEE - A chiropractor with practices in Truckee and Loyalton was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of setting fire to the office and home she owned in Truckee.
Erinn Tamney Randall (photo), 38, is also being investigated in connection with a Monday fire that damaged a Loyalton building in which she had a medical office and living quarters.
Randall was rescued by neighbors from an upstairs bedroom window in the Loyalton building, on Main Street, shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, said Daniel Jacobs, a Sierra County Sheriff's dispatcher in Downieville.
The fire at Randall's home in Truckee occurred at about 7:30 a.m. Monday and the blaze at her downtown Truckee office, at about 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Truckee Police Department news release.
Police detectives who questioned Randall at the Truckee office fire arrested her for investigation of two counts of arson related to the two Truckee fires, Lt. Randy Fenn said in the release.
"Through investigation, detectives developed probable cause to arrest Dr. Randall for setting fire to her business on Donner Pass Road," Fenn said. "She was later charged with setting fire to her home on Laburnham (Circle) as well."
Randall was in custody Wednesday at the Nevada County jail in Nevada City pending arraignment. Her bail has been set at $1 million.
Each of the Truckee fires caused an estimated $10,000 in damage, a police spokeswoman said.
The Loyalton fire, extinguished by the city's volunteer fire department, caused "several thousands of dollars in damage," Sheriff Evans said in his release.
Evans said, "All three fires...appear to be related and a suspect has been arrested...This has been an involved investigation spread over several locations and jurisdictions."
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