2 found dead in burning car in northeast Birmingham woods

Birmingham Alabama

Two people were found dead in a burning car Tuesday morning in northeast Birmingham, according to authorities

The vehicle and the bodies were found in the 1600 block of 89th Place North.

That is in the Airport Highlands neighborhood of the Airport Hills community.

Birmingham firefighters were called to the wooded area just before 8 a.m. o a report of smoke. They arrived to find the sedan engulfed.

Once they extinguished the blaze, they found two bodies inside. Both were burned beyond recognition.

The cause of death was not immediately clear and awaiting autopsy by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as Birmingham police arson investigators, also responded to the scene.

“We’re going to keep our ears open for any missing persons,’’ Fitzgerald said.

If deemed to be homicides, they will be the city’s 132nd and 133rd homicides of 2024.

Of those, 10 have been ruled justifiable and two others happened in previous years, but the victims died in 2024.

Anyone with information is asked to call homicide investigators at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

AL.com