On the 31st, in Ota Ward, Tokyo, one house burned down, and there was a fire that burned the outer walls of two adjacent houses.
A woman in her 90s who lived in a house that had been completely destroyed by the fire failed to escape from the second floor and was confirmed dead at the hospital to which she was transported.
After 10:30 pm on the 31st, a man passing by reported to the fire department that the house of Yukiko Matsumoto (90) in Minamimagome, Ota Ward, was on fire.
Twenty-five fire engines were dispatched to extinguish the fire, and the fire was almost extinguished after about three hours. was burnt.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department, there are two people in this house, Mr. Matsumoto and his son in his 50s, Mr. Matsumoto was on the second floor and was unable to escape. Death confirmed.
Also, my son, who is in his 50s, evacuated by himself, but he was injured by inhaling smoke.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
The site is located in a corner of a residential area about 600 meters south of Magome Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, and there is also an elementary school nearby.