Body found inside burning car in wooded area in east Oak Cliff, police say

Officials are investigating the death of a person whose body was found Saturday inside a burning vehicle in east Oak Cliff.

Dallas Fire-Rescue “found a small SUV engulfed in flames” in a wooded area off the 4600 block of Burma Road before 8 p.m., Dallas police said in a news release

Police responded after firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered a body inside the vehicle. Authorities did not release the identity of the person inside the SUV.

The Dallas County medical examiner’s office will determine the official cause of death, according to the release. Police have documented the death as unexplained.

The investigation is ongoing.