Two dead in Vic car fire

A second person has died after a car fire in Melbourne.

The 54-year-old Keilor East man died in The Alfred hospital shortly after 6pm (AEDT) on Thursday, police said.

The man suffered life-threatening burns when emergency services responded to calls a silver sports car was on fire near the Keilor Cemetery at 10.10am (AEST) on Thursday, police said.

One person died inside the car, while the second man managed to escape the inferno.

The identity of the person killed in the vehicle is yet to be determined.

Police Acting Inspector Chris Gilbert said it wasn’t known who was in the car or how it caught fire, with homicide, arson and local detectives all combing the area for clues.

It was also unclear whether keys were in the car’s ignition at the time of the blaze, and police don’t yet know how the second man escaped, he said.

Asked if the blaze was being treated as suspicious, Acting Insp Gilbert told reporters: “Nothing’s been ruled out at this stage, it’ll be some time before we work that out.

“We’re still trying to work out who the people involved are, and that might take some time,” he said.

The fire did not appear to have been caused by a collision, a MFB spokeswoman said.

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