Early in the morning of the 29th, a fire broke out in a house in Takikawa, Hokkaido, killing two men and women, believed to be a couple in their 60s and 70s.
After 4:30 am on the 29th, a person living nearby reported to the fire department that smoke was coming from a one-story house in Sorachi-cho, Takikawa City.
According to police, two men and women in the house were taken to the hospital, but both were confirmed dead.
After the fire, the couple in their 60s and 70s who lived in this house could not be contacted, so the police decided to hurry to confirm that it was the couple who died and to investigate the cause of the fire. I will.
The site is a residential area about 1 km southeast of JR Takikawa Station.