BELL GARDENS, Calif. (KABC) -- A person's body was found inside a burned-out car after the sedan erupted in flames early Tuesday morning in the parking lot of a Bell Gardens shopping mall, authorities said.
The car fire was reported shortly before 3 a.m. in the 5800 block of Florence Avenue, prompting a response from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Firefighters knocked down the blaze and the sheriff's Arson/Explosives Detail was summoned to the scene.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department later confirmed the body was discovered, but investigators said it was unclear if the unidentified person had died before the fire.