A 28-year-old gay man whose body was discovered on fire in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood died accidentally of drug intoxication, a report from the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office states.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, Eric Michael Moren was discovered at 4:18 a.m. October 25, 2020 by San Francisco police in the area of Minna Street and Russ Alley. "The officer tried to use a fire extinguisher to suppress the flames, but the fire extinguisher was faulty and did not work," the report states. "The officer then resorted to using personal water bottles to attempt to extinguish the flames.