ST. LOUIS — Police said no foul play is suspected after a woman was found dead and on fire early Friday morning in north St. Louis.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the woman was found on fire at about 3:45 a.m. Friday on the sidewalk in front of the Family Mini Mart & Liquor at 4561 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Homicide Division and Bomb and Arson Unit responded, and the Bomb and Arson Unit assumed the ongoing investigation, police said.
In a Friday afternoon update, police said investigators reviewed surveillance footage which showed the victim alone at the time of the incident. Video showed that the woman set a small fire and fell into it, police said.
It is now being investigated as an accidental fire death, police said.
No further information was released regarding the incident.
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