An elementary school teacher was found dead inside the trunk of a car by authorities investigating a home explosion in Quartz Hill Wednesday.

After a house fire about 2 a.m. Wednesday,  an explosion was reported at a residence on the 41400 block of 38th Street West in Quartz Hill, according to initial reporting by FOXLA.

Firefighters at the scene discovered a woman’s body in the trunk of one of the cars parked in the garage of the home.

The woman has been identified by KCAL-TV News as a 27-year-old schoolteacher in nearby Palmdale, and may have been the girlfriend of the property owner.

The incident remains under investigation.

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