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A husband and wife died in a fire that destroyed their house in Ogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sunday morning.
According to police, flames at least 10 meters high were seen coming from the 2-story wooden home of Yosuke Komatsu and his wife at around 3:20 a.m., TBS reported.
The fire spread and destroyed the house and gardening sheds. It took firefighters about 2 1/2 hours to extinguish the blaze.
The bodies of Komatsu and his wife were retrieved from the second-floor bedroom, police said.
© Japan Today
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onagagamo
Wooden houses, clutter everywhere inside, paraffin heaters with naked flames, no smoke alarms....an accident waiting to happen.