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Body Found After Multi-Vehicle Fire on Porthcawl's Mackworth Road

Investigators have not determined the cause, with Mackworth Road partly closed near Coney Beach.

Overview

  • Emergency services were called just before 3am, with police notified at 2:50am by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
  • Several vehicles were burned before firefighters extinguished the blaze on the coastal road behind Coney Beach.
  • A deceased person was discovered inside one vehicle after the fire was put out, and formal identification has not yet taken place.
  • A police cordon remains from Bungalow Avenue to the seafront, and pedestrians cannot cross between the Hi Tide complex and Coney Beach.
  • South Wales Police are conducting inquiries into the circumstances and cause, with forensic teams working at the scene through Thursday.