BREAKING: Gardaí launch investigation after a body was discovered in a burned out car in North Cork
Emergency services were alerted to a car on fire in the Doneraile area at around 4:30pm today.
Officers discovered a body inside a car that was on fire. The gender and age of the body are not known yet.
A search was carried out of the area and a man was rescued from a nearby river by Gardaí.
The man, whose age is unknown, is currently being treated at Cork University Hospital.
The scene is being preserved for a full technical examination and the office of the State Pathologist has been informed.
Gardaí say the results of a post-mortem will determine the course of their investigation.
They are appealing for anyone who was in the Doneraile area between 3pm and 5pm, particularly anyone with dashcam footage to contact Fermoy Garda Station on 025 8211
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