IHIT investigating after person found dead in vehicle in Popkum, B.C.

An RCMP vehicle is pictured. (CTV Atlantic / Melanie Price)

Homicide investigators have been called to B.C.’s Fraser Valley region after a person was found dead in a flaming vehicle Sunday evening.

Mounties were called to a report of a vehicle fire in the 52100 block of Cheam Road in Popkum around 11:35 p.m., the RCMP said in a statement Monday.

Police and firefighters attended and located a deceased person inside the vehicle. According to police, “criminality is suspected.”

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed and will be conducting the investigation in collaboration with the Agassiz RCMP and Chilliwack RCMP.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have dash camera video from the areas of Cheam Road and Bridal Falls Road, between 8 p.m on July 27 and 2 a.m. on July 28, to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-4448 or via email at [e-mail].

The area surrounding the scene on Cheam Road will be cordoned off for “a significant amount of time,” the statement said.