Police raced to the report of a motorbike on fire this morning before they found a body nearby in Edinburgh.
Officers made the unexpected discovery while attending the report of a blaze near the city bypass.
Cops were called shortly after 9am this morning near Midlothian's Hadfast Road, in the village of Cousland.
Police say they discovered a body on arrival and the person is yet to be publicly identified.
Photos obtained by Edinburgh Live show forensics combing the scene for evidence on a walkway that runs under the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.
An investigation has been launched, with police currently describing the death as "unexplained".
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a motorbike on fire near Hadfast Road, Cousland, around 9.20am on Sunday, 17 January, 2021. On arrival, officers discovered the body of a person nearby.
"The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”
