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Man dies after being found on fire in London park

A forensic officer in a blue medical suit with evidence markers near a white and yellow police tent at an entrance to a park in London.
Central Park in east London remains closed to the public with a police cordon in place (Picture: Dinendra Haria/LNP)

A man was found on fire in an east London park in the early hours of this morning.

Medics and police were rushed to Central Park, East Ham at 2.20am, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

No further details have been released about the individual, with his death being treated as ‘unexplained’.

The park has now been closed and cordoned off as a crime scene while police work to identify the man and his next of kin.

A police spokesperson said: ‘Police were called at approximately 02:20hrs on Thursday, 2 June by London Fire Brigade to reports of a man injured after being found on fire in the vicinity of Central Park, E6.

‘Officers and London Ambulance Service attended but the man – no further details – was pronounced dead at the scene.

A forensic officer in a blue medical suit with evidence markers within a crime scene at an entrance an east London park.
Police and ambulance staff were called to the scene in the early hours of this morning (Picture: Dinendra Haria/LNP)
A police officer guards a crime scene at the entrance to the Central Park in East Ham, east London. There's a red police cordon in the foreground and a white and yellow evidence tent in the background near the park entrance.
No further information about the man has been released (Picture: Dinendra Haria/LNP)

‘Enquiries to confirm his identity and inform next of kin are ongoing.

‘At this early stage, the death is being treated as unexplained while the circumstances of his death are investigated.

‘A crime scene remains in place and Central Park remains closed at this time.’

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