Human remains have been found in two burnt-out cars in two different parts of Sydney, but police said it was too early to tell whether the two discoveries were linked.
Skeletal remains were found inside a burnt-out four-wheel drive in a national park south of Sydney early on Tuesday morning.
Emergency services found the Toyota RAV4 ablaze at the Waterfall Flat car park at Waterfall in the Royal national park just after midnight.
Officers from the New South Wales rural fire service put out the blaze before finding the remains inside.
A body was also found in a burning car in Sydney’s west on Tuesday morning.
Police were called to North Parramatta just after 2.15am Tuesday and found a vehicle alight.
After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters found a body in the driver’s seat of the hatchback.
Supt Barry Vincent said police were treating the scene as suspicious and following up reports of gunshots heard in the area about the time of the fire.
“There may have been a fuel source but what that is I couldn’t say definitively at the moment,” he said on Tuesday. “It is too early to tell whether those matters are linked in any way.”
Two crime scenes have been established and forensic examination is under way to determine the identities of the remains.
Homicide detectives are investigating the Parramatta blaze.
“Obviously we’re keen to find out who this person is as soon as we can so we can make sure the necessary updates are provided to family who may be well unaware of what happened,” Vincent said.
