In the early morning of the 8th, there was a fire that burned houses and apartments in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, and two women who were transported from the apartment died.
The police are confirming their identities because they can't get in touch with a mother in her 40s and a daughter in her teens who live in an apartment.
Before 1:00 am on the 8th, people living nearby reported to the fire department that a house was on fire in Izumi-cho, Tomakomai City.
Eleven fire engines were dispatched to extinguish the fire, and the fire was almost extinguished after 4:40 am, after nearly four hours, but the house and the adjacent two-story apartment were burned.
According to police, two women were transported to the hospital in an unconscious state from the apartment at the scene of the fire, but both were confirmed dead.
The police decided to confirm the identity of the two dead people and investigate the detailed cause of the fire because they could not get in touch with the two parents, a mother in her 40s and a daughter in her teens, who lived in one room of the apartment. I'm here.
The site is a residential area about 2 kilometers northeast of JR Tomakomai Station.
A woman in her 40s who lives near the scene said, "I heard a popping sound, and when I opened the window, the fire was going up.It's the first time I've seen such a big fire, and it's scary."