BEAUMONT (February 26, 2013)--Emergency personnel in Southeast Texas discovered a body in a burning trash bin early Tuesday.

Beaumont Fire-Rescue officials say the body was found early Tuesday after firefighters answered a report of a fire near a business.

Authorities had no immediate information on the identity of the person or whether foul play was involved.

An autopsy was ordered and the trash bin was taken to a crime lab in Beaumont.