Body of 13-year-old boy found after shed fire

A body believed to be that of a 13-year-old boy has been found following a fire in a shed.

Emergency services were called to a house on Byron Avenue, Campsall, South Yorkshire, at around 9pm on Thursday night after reports of a fire.

South Yorkshire Police said after it had been extinguished a body was found, which they believed to be that of a teenage boy.

A joint investigation between the police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is under way following the incident in the village, which is about seven miles from Doncaster.

Formal identification of the body has yet to take place.

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