Before midday on the seventeenth, an aged lady died in a hearth that burned 4 homes, together with a home, in Koto Ward, Tokyo.
Around 11:30 am on the seventeenth, the fireplace division was notified that there was a hearth close to a two-story home in Higashisuna, Koto Ward.
32 hearth engines and different autos have been despatched out to extinguish the fireplace, and the fireplace was nearly extinguished after about two hours, however the second flooring of the home, which was believed to be the origin of the fireplace, burned, and a part of the three adjoining homes burned. It implies that
According to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department, a lady believed to be in her 80s was rescued from the second flooring of the home that was believed to be the supply of the fireplace, however was confirmed useless on the spot.
The web site is a residential space about 900 meters south of Higashi-Ojima Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the reason for the fireplace in addition to confirming the identification of the lady.