Two California men were found dead inside a Sea Ranch home Wednesday after authorities found a generator in a hallway.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Gene Beauchamp, 74, of Colusa, and Phil Mabray, 61, of Biggs.
On Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office said that at around 11:22 a.m. PST, dispatch received a call that two men had been found dead inside a home in the 300 block of Spinnaker Close.
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A Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office vehicle is seen in the staging area of the Pocket Fire, a separate fire burning northwest of the Tubbs Fire, in Geyserville, California on October 12, 2017.
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A tree crew found the men when they arrived at the house to remove a tree that had previously fallen on it, causing minor damage.
CalFire firefighters were the first to respond to the scene, where Beauchamp and Mabray were pronounced dead.
Condominium One at Sea Ranch on a bluff on the Sonoma Coast in Northern California. Photographed on March 30, 2022.
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Deputies responded to launch the death investigation and discovered that the men were in separate rooms and that the generator power breaker was on and the fuel tank was empty.
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“It is dangerous to operate generators inside a building. Generators release noxious gases that can cause carbon monoxide poisoning and death,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. “Always run your generator outside and at least 20 feet away from occupied buildings.”
A Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office vehicle drives through a neighborhood along Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa, California on October 26, 2019.
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SFGate reported Thursday that an investigation like this is rare in the remote community.
“I don’t think I’ve heard of anything like this in the last five years,” said Rob Dillion, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, adding that there are no signs of foul play and the department has yet to receive the results of the toxicology report. .
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CBS San Francisco said Thursday that Sea Ranch had been experiencing widespread power outages due to the storms.
