Authorities ID Sonoma County Man Found Dead In Burning Home

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified a man who was
found dead in a burned home west of Santa Rosa Wednesday morning as Dennis Marino, 64, of Sebastopol.

Marino's body was found in the kitchen area after firefighters extinguished the 5:15 a.m. fire in the single-family home in the 500 block of Duer Road in unincorporated Sonoma County near Sebastopol.

The fire started in a wall between the kitchen and a living room area, Windsor and Rincon Valley fire protection districts' fire investigator Cyndi Foreman said. Marino lived alone in the house.

The fire is believed to be electrical in nature, Foreman said.

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By Bay City News Service