30 Sep, 2023 @ 16:05
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Charred body discovered in burning car in Almeria: Police launch probe as identity of victim remains a mystery

A CHARRED body has been found in a burned-out car in Andalucia.

The grisly discovery was made in Albox, Almeria, on Friday morning.

The blackened nature of the corpse has made it so far impossible to identify the person.

It is not yet known what caused the vehicle to burst into flames.

The grisly discovery (wreck pictured) was made in Albox, Almeria, on Friday morning.

The 112 emergency service received a call at around 9.45am yesterday.

A local resident warned of a car on fire in Oro Vista road, some 2.5km from the centre of Albox.

Firefighters, Policia Local and Guardia Civil all rushed to the scene, alongisde paramedics.

Investigations are ongoing to establish the cause of the incident.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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