A house burned down in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, and one body was found in the burnt remains.
The two parents and children living in the house have been out of contact, and police are rushing to check the identities of the bodies and confirm their whereabouts.
Before 4:00 am on the 24th, the fire department was notified that a house in Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture was on fire.
Fourteen fire trucks were dispatched and the fire was extinguished about six hours later, but one three-story wooden house was completely burned down and one was found dead in the burnt remains.
According to police, a couple in their 50s and a daughter in their 20s live in this house, and two of them, the wife and daughter, are out of contact.
The husband was taken to the hospital, but his life is not different.
Police are rushing to check the identities of the bodies and to confirm the whereabouts of the two who could not be contacted.
The site is a residential area about 300 meters north of Tsuchiyama Station on the JR Kobe Line.