Body Found In Burning Vehicle
K-Type On Fire Scene: DPD requested to 4th Battalion’s fire scene on Oakfield & Trojan.
— Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) January 21, 2019
Burned vehicle has a body in it, (K-Type reported by DEMS) weapons also inside dwelling. pic.twitter.com/aLyoSqUzm3
Detroit’s West Side: Detroit Fire’s Engine 53 responded to the 20000 block of Oakfield early this afternoon on reports of a vehicle fire. The call was quickly upgraded to a Box Alarm, dwelling fire, for the 4th Battalion of the DFD.
Firefighters found the vehicle fire had extended to a vacant dwelling and the first company on the scene, Engine 53, made a fast attack on the blaze.
Subsequent searches found weapons in the basement of the dwelling and a body burned beyond recognition inside the vehicle.
Officer’s from the 8th Precinct and arson were dispatched to the scene.
Edit: Battalion Chief 4, Engine 54 & Squad 1 later returned to the fire scene, requested by the Detroit Police Department.
Detroit Fire 4th Battalion: Engines 53 30 54, Ladder Truck 25, Squad 1, Battalion Chief 4 & DEMS Medic 3