On the 1st, a fire broke out in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and three people were found dead in the burnt remains.
Police are in the process of confirming their identities because they have lost contact with an elderly couple and their son who live in this house.
After 6 am on the 1st, a fire broke out in a two-story wooden house in Hayakawa, Odawara City, and the walls of three adjacent houses were partially burned.
According to police, three people were found dead in the burnt remains on the first and second floors of the house where the fire broke out.
An elderly couple and their son live in this house, but they have lost contact after the fire.
Police are checking their identities and investigating the cause of the fire.
The site is a residential area about 400 meters south of Hayakawa Station on the JR Tokaido Line.