Multiple people have died after a car crash led to the vehicle bursting into flames in Eastern Victoria on Sunday morning (pictured)

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Multiple people have died after a car crash led to the vehicle bursting into flames in Victoria’s northeast.

Emergency services were called to Mansfield-Woods Point Road in Piries, about 214km northeast of Melbourne, at about 7am where a burnt-out vehicle was located.

The driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle and crashed before a fire broke out, killing all occupants.

It is unknown how many people were in the car at the time of the crash.

Police and detectives are on the scene to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Multiple people have died after a car crash led to the vehicle bursting into flames in Eastern Victoria on Sunday morning (pictured)

Multiple people have died after a car crash led to the vehicle bursting into flames in Eastern Victoria on Sunday morning (pictured)

Multiple people have died after a car crash led to the vehicle bursting into flames in Eastern Victoria on Sunday morning (pictured)

The vehicle could be seen burnt out in a field just metres away from the road, the blaze also having burnt through a ring of grass surrounding it.

Northbound lanes on Mansfield-Woods Point Road has been closed between Jenkin Road, in Macs Cove, and Chapel Hill Road, Piries.

Motorists have been urged to avoid the area and instead use the Goulburn Valley and Maroondah highways.

More to come. 

Police believe the driver lost control of the vehicle

Police believe the driver lost control of the vehicle

Police believe the driver lost control of the vehicle shortly before the crash which led to a fire breaking out, killing all occupants (pictured, police on the scene)

The crash occurred on Mansfield-Woods Point Road in Piries, south of Mansfield and about 214km northeast of Melbourne (pictured)

The crash occurred on Mansfield-Woods Point Road in Piries, south of Mansfield and about 214km northeast of Melbourne (pictured)

The crash occurred on Mansfield-Woods Point Road in Piries, south of Mansfield and about 214km northeast of Melbourne (pictured)

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