4 perish in early-morning fires in Kanagawa, Chiba
TOKYO —
Four people died in fires that destroyed their residences in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Fire department officials in Kanagawa said that at 1 a.m., a passerby called 119 to report a house on fire in Kawasaki. By the time firefighters put out the blaze, the two-story detached house was destroyed, TV Asahi reported. Two persons died in the fire. Police said they were a 76-year-old woman and her 51-year-old son.
In the second fire, a 100-square-meter wooden house in Oamishirasato was destroyed by a fire that started about 5:30 a.m., firefighters said. Home owner Kazumi Hakkaku, 83, and his wife Yoko, 80, were found dead in the ruins, TV Asahi reported.
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Elbuda Mexicano
This time of the year is not good in Japan, too many wooden homes here and too crowed one fire can soon turn into many. RIP
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Fadamor
Winter is when many turn to supplemental heating and some forms are safer than others. I wonder if these fires were caused by faulty heating units?
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Nicky Washida
@Fadamor - in the absence of any other suspicious circumstances such as arson, I would say that yours is a pretty accurate guess. Especially elderly people have those very old-fashioned kerosene heaters they have had for years that require a naked flame. Accident waiting to happen in an old-style wooden house with plenty of bedding on the floor close to the heater. Very sad.
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