A man who reported a house fire in White's Addition, off Kemp Road, was taken into custody for questioning after police discovered the body of a woman burnt beyond recognition in the home, police said.

Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle, who spoke to reporters in front of the charred home, said the man, 36, reported the fire to officers at the Wulff Road Police Station around 7:20 a.m.

"He reported being involved in an altercation in the White's Addition area and reported a structural fire," Rolle said.

Emotional relatives on the scene said the victim is Tiffany Knowles, 33, a straw market vendor and mother of three. Rolle said officers and firefighters rushed to the scene following the man's report.

He said once they extinguished the blaze, they discovered the woman's body in an upstairs bedroom.

While police said an autopsy will confirm the cause of death, the incident was classified as a homicide.

Dozens of residents circled the perimeter of the two-storey home more than two hours after firefighters discovered her body.

Many wept and called out the woman's name. Some appeared angered. Others simply looked on as officers removed the body.

Attorney Ian Cargill, Knowles' brother, had tears in his eyes as he stormed past a group of senior officers standing in the street.

He doubled back toward the house, but an officer prevented him from walking inside. After a few words, a visibly emotional Cargill left the scene.

Prescola Hall, Knowles' aunt, told reporters the youngest of Knowles' three children was inside the home at the time of the incident.

Hall said her sister, who arrived at the home before her, took the child away. She described Knowles as a loving person and mother."Tiffany is, what you see is what you get," said Hall with tears streaming down her face.

"She does not shy away from anything. If she has something to tell you, she will tell you."She is my sister's last child. When my sister passed away she was a little girl.

"And now today, I went to take my grand baby to school and I got the call to say she is dead. "This is unbelievable that Tiffany is dead. It is so difficult."When I saw Ian passing just now, knowing that [Knowles] is his last baby sister, it really hurt my heart more to see the pain in his face."I know how he loved Tiffany."

Hall said Knowles was a strong person, who could handle herself. Hall said she believes more than one person is responsible for her niece's death.

"Knowing Tiffany, no one can hold her down," she said. "Tiffany can fight like a man. It is difficult to hold her down. "For me to believe that Tiffany was stabbed and burned, more than one person had to do it.

One person could not do it."

Rolle did not confirm these details and said police will not speculate.

As the body was placed into a hearse, several people walked across the police tape.

One woman had to be restrained as she attempted to hold on to the back of the hearse. Her screams triggered several others in the emotional crowd to bawl.

Anti-crime activist Khandi Gibson consoled several women who cried loudly and sporadically shouted, "Tiffany, why?"

On his Facebook page, Dr. Tyneil Cargill, Knowles' brother, lamented the culture of crime in The Bahamas.

"How do we explain the heinous nature of the crimes now being committed or even explain the escalation of crime itself?" he asked.

"Rest in peace sis.Even though I only got to meet you for the first time recently, that call from my brother Ian Dion Cargill today was still rough.

"I pray for an opportunity to get to know you better in the after life and may the angels keep you smiling until we all get there to heaven.

"Give daddy a hug. No person should ever have to die this way."

This incident pushed the country's murder count for 2015 to 29.

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