A body was found inside a burned out Mercedes in an orchard near Fowler and Central.
Emergency dispatch received a call about a burning car around 4:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Fresno County Fire and the California Highway Patrol responded but after finding a body inside the car, they contacted the Fresno County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's investigators don't know how the fire started. They are not releasing details of the vehicle because of the ongoing investigation.
Deputy Chris Curtice said, "We're treating it as a homicide right now. We don't know what we have but its definitely suspicious so we start big and make it smaller. It started as a homicide investigation, if it turns out to be something different, we go from there."
Fowler, between Central and American remained closed for about 8 hours but has since reopened.
It's unknown if the body belongs to that of a man or a woman. The investigation is ongoing.