A fire broke out at the factory of the confectionery maker "Sanko Confectionery" in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, killing five people. Interviews with companies and others revealed that they were suspected of being involved.
On the 11th, a fire broke out at the Arakawa Factory of Sanko Confectionery in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, and the building on the south side was completely burned down. ), Keiko Saito (70), Miyoko Ito (68) died, and one was found dead in the burnt remains.
Two male employees in their twenties who were at the scene are still out of contact, and the police are assuming that they are one of them and will continue to search for them on the 14th.
According to the company, there were about 30 employees in this building, making rice crackers and hail, but the fire broke out when the production line entered a 50-minute break. ..
Normally, this break is used to clean the production line, and four female employees are suspected of being involved in a fire during this cleaning process.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire and the status of evacuation, as some employees have explained that the fire broke out from the dregs of the confectionery.