Before dawn on the 24th, a series of fires burned one room of a house or condominium in Kanagawa, Aichi, and Hyogo prefectures, killing a total of six people.

The police are checking the identity and investigating the cause of the fire.

<Aichi Anjo> The bodies of two people who burned down their houses

After 2:00 am on the 24th, a person living in the next house reported to the fire department that a fire had broke out from the house of Kenji Fukatsu (85) in Daito-cho, Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture.



Ten fire trucks came out to extinguish the fire, and the fire was extinguished four hours later. Of these, two bodies were found in the burnt remains of a one-story house.



According to the police, Mr. Fukatsu and his 86-year-old wife live in this house, but the police thought that they died because they could not be contacted after the fire. We are proceeding with the confirmation.

It means that three residents of a two-story house are not injured.

<Kanagawa Fujisawa> One room in the condominium burned down and the bodies of two people

After midnight on the 24th, a man living nearby reported to the fire department that "a flame is coming out of the room" in a 4-story condominium after the mayor of Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.



Fifteen fire trucks and other vehicles went out and the fire was extinguished about two hours later, but one room on the second floor of the condominium was completely burned down, and two people were found dead in this room.



According to the police, it seems that two people lived in the burnt room, and since they could not be contacted after the fire, the police thought that the two people who lived in this room died. We are proceeding with confirmation.

<Hyogo Kawanishi> The bodies of two people who burned down their houses

Around midnight on the 24th, a neighbor found a fire in Hagihara, Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture, and notified the fire department.



Nine fire trucks went out to extinguish the fire, and the fire was extinguished about two hours later. The fire burned down a two-story wooden house, and two people who appeared to be adults were found in the burnt remains.



It seems that two elderly fathers and sons lived in this house, and since they could not be contacted after the fire, police proceeded to confirm that they may have died. I am.