On the 17th in Saitama Prefecture, a series of house fires occurred, one person died, and one person could not be contacted.
Of these, the fire that broke out in a house in Mikura, Minuma Ward, Saitama City before noon on the 17th was 12 fire engines and other vehicles were dispatched, and it was almost extinguished in the afternoon, but one wooden two-story building burned down. Did.
One person was rescued from the fire but was pronounced dead at the scene.
After the fire, a woman in her 70s who lives alone in the house has not been contacted, and police are investigating the cause of the fire as well as confirming her identity.
In addition, in Yamate-cho, Hanno City, a wooden two-story house burned down in the early afternoon of the 17th.
According to police, a man in his 60s lives alone in the house, but has been unable to contact him since the fire.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire and confirming safety.