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Body found in burning car in northwest Las Vegas

Las Vegas firefighters found a body in a burning vehicle Sunday afternoon in the northwest valley.

Firefighters were dispatched just after 1 p.m. to Washburn Road, west of the 215 Beltway, to a reported car accident, according to a release from the Las Vegas Fire Department.

A passerby told firefighters that someone was in the vehicle’s driver seat but that the blaze was too intense to conduct a rescue, the release said.

The vehicle was destroyed, and there was no accident, the release said.

The Metropolitan Police Department is assisting in the investigation.

Further information was not immediately available.

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