On the night of the 15th, there was a fire in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, which burned down three houses, and two parents and children living in the house that seems to be the source of the fire could not be contacted, and police and fire departments are proceeding with confirmation.
Around 11:00 pm on the 15th, a police officer on patrol found a fire in a house in Kawaguchi City and contacted the police headquarters.
Eighteen fire trucks and other vehicles went out to extinguish the fire, and the fire was extinguished about three hours later, but it spread to the adjacent houses and a total of three buildings were completely destroyed.
According to police, an elderly brother and his family lived separately in the three buildings, and two of them, the wife of the second son and his son, who lived in a wooden one-story house that seems to be the source of the fire, could not be contacted. It means that it is.
Also, the four men in their 70s who lived in the next house were taken to the hospital with a burn on their leg, but there is nothing wrong with their lives.
Police and fire departments are investigating the cause of the fire as well as confirming the two who are out of contact.
The site is a residential area about 300 meters northwest of Hatogaya Station on the Saitama Kosoku Railway.