Nov. 2, 2017 update: RCMP say the death is considered not suspicious.
Mounties are investigating after a woman's body was discovered at the scene of a dumpster fire in Langley Friday morning.
Firefighters found her remains after putting out the blaze, which was spotted behind a busy strip mall on the Langley Bypass shortly before 6 a.m.
"They arrived, extinguished the blaze and in the process located the body of a deceased female in the dumpster," Cpl. Craig van Herk said.
Authorities haven't determined how the woman died or how the dumpster fire started.
The deceased’s identity hasn't been confirmed either, but police said they are confident she is not Kristina Ward, a 20-year-old Abbotsford woman who has been missing since September.
"We've been able to determine that it's not our missing person, so the search for her continues," van Herk said.
In August, a homeless woman was found dead at the scene a grass fire in the city, but police said they don't believe Friday's incident is related.
Employees who work in the area told CTV News that homeless people do frequent the alley behind the strip mall.
"They do hang out down the side of the building or in the back, or they sleep in the bushes," said Jackie Campbell.
The Langley RCMP detachment has asked anyone with information on the incident contact them at 604-532-3200.
With files from CTV Vancouver’s Breanna Karstens-Smith
