TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — Eight individuals have been killed in a number of fires throughout Japan on Saturday, native media reported.
Two our bodies, believed to be these of a 92-year-old man and his 89-year-old spouse, have been found after a hearth ripped by a two-story home in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, within the early morning, Kyodo News reported, citing the police.
A separate fireplace at a two-story residence in the identical metropolis killed a 68-year-old girl, it added.
In Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, a hearth struck a home within the early hours, killing three, whereas a 17-year-old lady was injured, the report stated.
The highschool scholar lived together with her dad and mom and grandmother, in response to the police.
Another early morning fireplace broke out in a home in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, the place two our bodies have been discovered, police stated.
Of the 5 residents of the home, three escaped with two of them sustaining accidents, they added.