On the night of the 13th, there was a fire at an apartment in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and two people were found dead from the burnt ruins.

A couple in their 80s who live in this apartment have not been contacted since the fire and police are trying to identify them.

After 8:00 pm on the 13th, a person who passed by reported to the fire department when a flame was seen from a room on the second floor of an apartment in Nagasawa, Yokosuka City.



Sixteen fire engines and other vehicles were dispatched and the fire was extinguished after about two hours, but one room on the second floor of the three-story apartment was completely burned and two bodies were found in the burnt ruins.



According to the police, three people, a couple in their 80s and their son in his 60s, lived in this room. about it.



Police are investigating the cause of the fire as well as confirming the identity of the body.



The site is a residential area about 200 meters northeast of Keikyu Nagasawa Station.