national

4 elderly people perish in fire in Iwate

3 Comments

Four elderly people in their 70s and 90s died in a house fire in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on Tuesday morning.

According to police and firefighters, flames were seen coming from the two-storey wooden house of Akira Ota, 81, at around 2:30 a.m., Fuji TV reported. A neighbor called 119. It took firefighters about three hours to extinguish the blaze which destroyed the house and part of an annex.

Inside, police found the bodies of Ota, his wife Sachiko, 74. The other two bodies were Sachiko's parents, Sanji, 95, and Kie, 94.

Ota's son and his wife lived in the annex, but managed to get out safely, police said.

© Japan Today

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

3 Comments
Login to comment

the son and daughter in law escaped... didnt bother to help? hmmmmm.... cant rule out arson. question them both, i say.

-4 ( +0 / -4 )

meanwhile 4 die in Iwate ice fishing accident https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/4-die-in-iwate-ice-fishing-accident

Just thought I'd connect the 2 stories as they both have 4 seniors dying- one group from a fire, the other from ice cold waters. I just thought the irony was errie.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites