Christopher Dorner 'killed in cabin blaze'

America's most wanted man Christopher Dorner was believed to have died as a mountain cabin he was holed up in was engulfed in flames following a raging gun battle with police. Detectives refused to confirm early reports that a charred body was found inside the burning wreckage, but no-one was seen escaping from the building.

Firefighters said it was still "too hot" to go inside as the cabin continued to smoulder in the snow, and explosions thought to be caused by live ammunition were heard. 

On February 3 he is alleged to have shot dead Monica Quan, 28, the daughter of a retired police captain, and her fiancé Keith Lawrence, 27. Four days later he allegedly ambushed two other officers at a traffic light, killing one, Michael Crain, 34, a veteran, and wounding the other, a trainee.

Dorner was believed to have barricaded himself inside the cabin for a final stand, bringing to an end a six-day manhunt in a picturesque skiing area east of Los Angeles. After a chaotic end to the hunt the last movements of the sacked LAPD police officer, who had declared "war" on his own force, were slowly being pieced together.