On the morning of the 8th, there was a fire in an apartment in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, and one person was found dead from the burnt ruins, and a man who was transported to the hospital died.
After 6:00 a.m. on the 8th, in Yoshida Tsutsumi-cho, Tsubame City, a nearby resident reported to the fire department, "I heard a popping sound and saw a fire in my apartment."
Ten fire engines were dispatched, and the fire was extinguished after about three and a half hours, but the two-story apartment was burned, and one person was found dead in the room on the first floor, which was believed to be the source of the fire.
According to the police, the man in his 80s who lives in this room has not been contacted after the fire, so the police are proceeding to confirm the identity of the man, assuming that there is a possibility of this man.
Also, according to the police and fire department, men in their 60s and 40s who lived in another room were transported by ambulance and received treatment at the hospital, but the man in his 60s died.
The scene is an apartment in a residential area in front of JR Yoshida Station, and police and fire departments are confirming the identity and investigating the cause of the fire.