A WOMAN’s body has been found at a house shortly after a man was seriously injured in a caravan fire at a nearby farm.
Officers sealed off both addresses which are less than a mile apart after being called out, along with the fire service to a blaze, at about 5.15am yesterday at Peacockbank Farm in Stewarton, East Ayrshire.
A woman’s body was found in a property in the town's Crusader Crescent just over an hour later.
Police would not confirm whether the two incidents are being linked.
A spokesman said: “A 50-year-old man was found nearby suffering from serious burns. He was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital where medical staff describe his condition as serious.”
Police said the woman found in the property had yet to be formally identified and her death was being treated as unexplained.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place to establish the cause of death.
The house where the body was found is an end-terraced property.
Police tape extended from the front of the house to the rear, and around a grey Peugeot people carrier parked at the side.
One elderly neighbour, who would not be named, said: “A woman in her 50s lived there and there was a man but I don’t know if they were a couple.
“She parked her car here outside my house and his is still there at the side.
“It’s really quiet around here and nothing happens. It’s a real mystery.”
John Hillhouse, 58, added that a couple lived at the address who spent a lot of time away in a caravan that was kept at the farm.
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