Probe after firefighters find body in flat

A MAN died after a fire was reported at his flat in Swinton on Saturday morning.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate the 32-year-old but he was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters were called to the property in Station Street at around 11.45pm.

Police said a post mortem would now be carried out but the death was not being treated as suspicious at this stage. 

“We don’t yet know how the man died until further inquiries have been made, but we are not treating it suspiciously,” said a police spokeswoman.

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