On the morning of the 25th, a fire broke out in a house in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture, and two people were found dead in the burnt remains, and police died because they could not contact the couple in their 60s who lived in this house. We are confirming the identity of the couple.
Around 6 am on the 25th, when a fire broke out from the house of Mr. Kisaku Mouri (61), a group employee in Yoshida Town, Uwajima City, a person living nearby reported to the fire department.
The fire was extinguished after about four and a half hours, but the fire burned down two of Mamoru's two-story wooden houses and the neighboring house, leaving two bodies dead from the burnt remains of Mamoru's house. Found in.
According to police, Mr. Mohri lives with his 60-year-old wife and 29-year-old eldest daughter, and is unable to contact Mr. and Mrs. Mohri.
The eldest daughter was taken to the hospital with a burn in her throat, but her life is not different.
It also means that the person living in the next house that has been burnt down is not injured.
A man living in the neighborhood said, "I rushed with a fire extinguisher, but it burned quickly and I couldn't make it at all."
Police believe that it was Mr. and Mrs. Mohri who died, and are proceeding with confirmation of their identities and investigating the cause of the fire in detail.
The site is about 500 meters north of Tachima Station on the JR Yosan Line, and is an area where houses are scattered in the mountains where citrus fields spread.