Crime & Safety

Santa Rosa Man Dies From Tubbs Fire Injuries

The 41-year-old died at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, bringing the death toll in the Sonoma County fires to 24. (Breaking)

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — The Sacramento County coroner's office Wednesday confirmed the death of a Santa Rosa man who was burned in last month's Tubbs Fire. Michael Azarian, 41, died around 5 a.m. Sunday at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

The cause of death was extensive burn injuries, a coroner's office spokeswoman said.

Azarian's death is the 44th from the wildfires in Northern California last month. Twenty-four of the deaths were in Sonoma County.

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