Bomb squad officers have been drafted in to investigate after
locals reported hearing an explosion before the discovery of a
body amid burnt-out scrubland in suburban Perth.  Police
launched an investigation after human remains were found amid
bushland burnt in a fire that began between Rochdale Road and
the West Coast Highway about 11.30am (WST) on Thursday.
Aircraft were sent to assist the ground crews, who quickly got
the blaze under control.  However, as emergency services mopped
up, WA Police's major crime division were called in to
investigate reports of a body being found.  Police explosives
experts have also been called in after reports of a large blast
about the time the fire began.