SEATAC, Wash. - As police continue their investigation of a body found in a burned taxi near Sea-Tac Airport Tuesday, many cab drivers are demanding stricter safety standards.

Detectives served a search warrant on the SeaTac home Tuesday night where the burned-out taxi was found. Sheriff's deputies did not reveal what gave them probable cause to search the home.

"Obviously one of the things we want to know is how did it end up in this particular location, did he drop off a fare was he here to pick up a fare? Was he just in the neighborhood?" asked Sgt. John Urquharat, King County Sheriff's Office.

Friends and family of Farwest cab driver Jagjit Singh – an Indian immigrant – believe he was killed inside the cab.

They gathered at S. 177th and 38th Ave. S. to see the charred taxi where the victim was found.

Jagjit Singh, 42, worked 12-hour days almost every day for Farwest cabs - saving money to move his wife of just seven months to America.

"He was working very hard to support his family in India," said Kulwander Singh, Jagjit Singh's nephew.

The cab company says the victim was dispatched to a house on South 177th Street in SeaTac around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

About 90 minutes later, a 911 call came - the cabbie's car was in flames outside that very home.

Adding to the tragedy, a fellow cab driver passed on the fare that apparently resulted in the cab driver's death so that his friend could make some extra money.

A man living at the house said he did not call a cab and had nothing to do with the crime.

Investigators are still trying to determine exactly how the cabbie was killed, when and why.

People living at the house say they had nothing to do with the crime.

"They coulda just dropped him here in front of our house," said Earnest Collins, a neighbor.

Shannon Okeson, who lives near the scene, said she saw huge flames.

"I thought a home was on fire," she said.

Once firefighters put out the flames, they discovered a body in the driver's side of the cab.

Police are investigating the case as a homicide.

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Jaggit Singh is a driver for Far West Taxi and was dispatched to this area sometime in the early morning hours.

Sources tell KING 5 the victim never hit the panic button inside his taxi.

Narinder Singh believes his only cousin in the United States - Jagjit Singh - was inside of the taxi.

"Somebody called me in the early morning and told me about what happened," he said.

He is dreading making the call to India.

"I talk to in the morning because it's in the night and I don't want them all crying. I'll call tomorrow morning," he said.

In the meantime, cab drivers from across the Seattle area say they are fed up with risking their lives to earn a living, and blame their bosses and politicians for failing to keep them safe.

"It's just very hard to see, what these drivers have to go through," said Sylvia Muhammad, former taxi worker. "It's just very sad."

Calls to management at Farwest taxis went unreturned Tuesday.

In 2004 the murders of several Seattle cab drivers prompted the city of Seattle to require cameras in all taxis.

It's unclear whether a camera was installed in Singh's cab.

The Medical Examiner will have to confirm the victim's identity and find out how he was killed.