Further tests to identify fire body

More tests are to be carried out to identify the body of a man found by firefighters in a blazing shed near Kidderminster.

Fire crews discovered the body after receiving a call to a shed fire at Orchard Grove, Caunsall, shortly before 7.30am on December 19.

The dead man is believed to have been in his 60s but his name has not been released by police who are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze with the help of fire experts.

Lynne Masters, spokesman for West Mercia Police, said: "A post mortem examination has been carried out but this has not established the cause of the man's death.

"The results of further tests are now awaited.

"No formal identification has yet taken place and we are awaiting the results of DNA tests which are being carried out," she said.

Police are still treating the death as unexplained and have appealed for anyone who saw the fire or with information to phone police on 0300 333 3000.