Body recovered from vehicle found ablaze near Airdrie

A body was recovered from a vehicle that was found ablaze on a rural road in the Airdrie area early Friday morning, police say.

Police and fire crews responded to the fire at about 7 a.m. MT, Airdrie RCMP say.

The RCMP's major crimes unit is treating the death as a homicide.

A positive identification of the body is not expected until after an autopsy is completed early next week.

Further details will be released then, RCMP said.