15/09/2014

Body Discovered By Fire Fighters In Burning Skip

Fire crews have found a body in a burning skip in Manchester city centre.

The body was uncovered when the fire brigade was called to the scene in a car park adjacent to the Apollo Theatre on Hyde Road in Ardwick at about 05:30 on Monday morning.

Police have said that they do not yet know if the body is a man or a woman but that an investigation is underway.

The A57 has been closed.

(MH/CD)

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