On the morning of the 8th, there was a fire at a house in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, and one person was found dead from the burnt ruins.
The house is home to three people, and after the fire, they lost contact with each other, and the police are checking to see if there are any other people who failed to escape.
Around 9:30 am on the 8th, a neighbor called 110 at a house in Sakuragaoka, Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, saying, ``I can see the flames rising.''
Firefighters extinguished the fire and the fire was extinguished after about 4 hours, but about 60 square meters of a two-story wooden house was burned, and one person was found dead on the first floor.
Police say the body appears to be that of a man.
This house is home to a couple in their 80s and a son in his 50s, and after the fire, they have not been able to contact each other.
The police are confirming the identity of the body and whether there are other people who failed to escape.
The house at the scene was severely damaged on the first floor where the body was found, and police and fire departments are investigating the cause of the fire.
The site is a corner of a densely populated residential area about 500 meters from Hankyu Itami Station.
Black smoke billows from houses, water is sprayed from balconies
At around 10:20 a.m., the scene was densely populated with houses, and in the video taken by NHK from the sky with a helicopter around 10:20 am, black smoke was rising violently from the house, which is believed to be the origin of the fire.
Many firefighters were working to extinguish the fire, and we were able to see some firefighters spraying water from the balcony on the second floor of the house.