Sacramento coroner releases name of barricaded man found dead in Folsom fire
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- Authorities released the name of Eren Keith Powers who died in the Folsom house fire.
- Fire crews battled flames from the distance as the reportedly armed man refused to come out.
- The incident occurred Sept. 9, 2025, at the two-story house on River Ridge Way.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a man whose body was found earlier this month inside a burned Folsom home where he reportedly refused to come out as flames engulfed the two-story house.
Eren Keith Powers, 56, of Folsom was found dead inside the burned home on River Ridge Way. Coroner officials have his Sept. 9 death listed as a suicide.
Officers were first called shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sept. 8 to the home near American River Canyon Drive. The person inside, later identified as Powers, was reportedly armed and potentially suicidal and had blocked themselves inside the house, according to the Folsom Police Department.
Police patrol cars and SWAT teams in armored vehicles quickly swarmed the residential neighborhood block as officers evacuated residents in nearby homes. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District personnel and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies soon arrived on scene.
Nearly an hour later, Folsom Fire Department firefighters arrived to find plumes of smoke pouring from the home. Fire officials said their plan of attack was complicated by the person barricaded inside the burning house. More than 50 Folsom firefighters were forced to fight the growing flames from the street and overhead from ladder trucks training high pressure hoses onto the home’s roof.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District personnel and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies soon arrived on scene.
By 6 p.m., flames had engulfed the house as crews fought to keep the fire from spreading to neighboring homes. Firefighters were ultimately able to contain the fire to the River Ridge Way home and stop its spread.
After the scene was secured and determined to be safe, Folsom firefighters searched the burned home and found the body the following day.
The Bee’s Darrell Smith contributed to this story.
