THE body of a man and a dog were discovered in a burnt out caravan in Bradwell on Sea over the weekend.

Police were called to land off Maldon Road just after 11.35am on Sunday morning after reports of a burnt out caravan.

Once on scene police established that a man’s body and the body of a dog were in the caravan.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “Police are conducting enquiries to try and establish the circumstances of the man’s death and to identify him.

“The death is currently being treated as unexplained.”