Los Angeles police say no body found in cabin

Police in California have denied reports that a body was found in a burnt-out mountain cabin where a man believed to be a ex-policeman accused of three murders was holed up.

Flames were seen rising from the cabin, as a police Swat team went in.

There were initially reports that a burnt body had been found, but police say the remains of the cabin have yet to be searched.

This comes after a shoot-out in which a local sheriff's deputy was killed.

Another police officer is in hospital with injuries.

The gunman was believed to be Christopher Dorner, 33, a former member of the Los Angeles police force.

He had reportedly sworn revenge on police officers he blamed for his sacking in 2008.

But, denying earlier news reports that a body had been found, Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said the cabin was "still too hot and no inspectors had access to it yet".