Police have launched a probe after a body was discovered in a burnt-out car in South-West London today.
Emergency services were alerted to a vehicle in flames earlier today, having received a call at 2.30am.
They made the grisly discovery after firefighters extinguished the blaze, and pronounced the person dead on the scene.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers are now working to establish the circumstances.
They said: “Police were called at 02.34am on Tuesday, 27 December, to reports of a car on fire in Clarence Avenue, SW4.
“Officers attended along with the London Fire Brigade. After the fire was extinguished, the body of a person was found inside the car.
“They were pronounced dead at the scene. Officers are in the process of identifying the person.
“The death is being treated as un-expected and further enquiries are taking place to establish the circumstances.”
More to follow…
