A Mill Valley police officer was moderately injured Sunday night when an object exploded as the officer tried to extinguish a small fire in a church parking lot, police said.
The officer responded at about 9 p.m. to a report of a possible fire in the 200 block of Camino Alto and found flames on a paved portion of the parking lot at the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
As the officer attempted to put out the fire, an object inside the flames exploded, causing the injuries, according to the Mill Valley Police Department…