House fire in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture: Couple in their 70s in wheelchair killed; perhaps it was too late to escape. On the afternoon of the 12th, the interior of a house was burnt out, and a couple in their70s who lived in the house were found dead in the entrance hall, sitting in a wheelchair.
According to the police, the area near the kitchen was so burnt that the fire may have started from there. The police are looking into the details of the situation, thinking that the two may have been unable to escape from the fire.