A crime scene has been set up in north Queensland after a man died in a fire overnight.
Key points:
- A man’s body has been found in a burnt shipping container
- Motorists raised the alarm over a fire at a Townsville storage yard
- Authorities are appealing to the public for information
Passing drivers raised the alarm with emergency services about 10pm after seeing flames from a storage yard in the Townsville suburb of Mount Louisa.
Three fire crews spent about an hour putting out the blaze, which gutted a shipping container and damaged a caravan which was parked next to it.
After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters found the body of a man aged in his 40s.
Examinations into the cause of the fire are underway with police forensics, detectives and fire investigators on the scene.
Hayley Micheluzzi works at a business nearby and said it was shock to see a crime scene established in her street.
“There is obviously a lot of cars but never police. It’s normally tradies and people coming to work,” she said.
“It’s quite sad what has happened — it doesn’t happen around here usually.”
Authorities are appealing for anyone who may have been in the area at the time to come forward.
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