On the 7th, a house was burned down in Kama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and five people were killed in the fire.
On the morning of the 7th, Kensuke Sakamoto (69), an office worker in Kama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, burned down a two-story wooden house, and three adults and one who seemed to be a child were found dead.
Mr. Sakamoto was also burned and treated, but he died after that.
As a result of detailed examination of the bodies of four unidentified police, Sakamoto's wife Asae Sakamoto (66), fourth daughter Anna (28), eldest son Ryutaro (24), and grandchildren's thoughts It was confirmed as Mr. Taro (3).
According to the police, the fire seems to have come out from the vicinity of the stove in the living room on the first floor due to the situation at the scene, and Mr. Asae, the wife who noticed the fire, went up to the second floor, and the fourth daughter, the eldest son, and the grandson It seems that they were trying to call on the three people to evacuate.
The cause of death of the four people was acute carbon monoxide poisoning, and police are investigating the situation at that time, assuming that the fire that came out of the first floor was early and the four people were late to escape.