On the night of the 4th, one house was burnt down in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, and two people were found dead in the burnt remains.
The police are checking the identity of the elderly couple who live in this house and are investigating the cause of the fire.
After 8 pm on the 4th, a person living nearby reported to the police that a fire was coming out of the house of Mr. Kagami Manshichi (90) of Togo, Kaminoyama City.
The fire was extinguished after about four hours, but a two-story wooden house was completely burned down, and two people were found dead on the first floor of the burnt remains.
According to police, Mr. Kagami, his wife Toshiko (87), and his son in their 60s live in this house, and after the fire, they have lost contact with Mr. and Mrs. Kagami.
When the fire broke out, my son, who was on the second floor, noticed a strange odor and the fire and jumped off, injuring his leg.
The police are investigating the cause of the fire while confirming that it is possible that Mr. and Mrs. Kagami died.
The site is a residential area about 700 meters east of the Kaminoyama Onsen interchange on the Tohoku Chuo Expressway.