TOKYO, Feb 12 (NNN-NHK) – Two men were found dead, after a fire, early this morning, burnt down three houses in Tochigi, a Japanese prefecture north of Tokyo, local media reported.
Local police said, the house fire at a two-story wooden house in the city of Oyama was reported after 2:00 a.m. local time, Japan’s public broadcaster reported today.
The local fire department extinguished the fire about three hours later, but two bodies were found in the burnout of the house, which is believed to be the source of the fire.
In the accident, a total of three residential houses were burnt down, as the initial fire further spread to two nearby ones, according to the reports.
A joint police and fire department investigation will be carried out, to identify the victims and establish the cause of the blaze.
The site is located in a corner of a residential area, about four km south of Oyama Station, on the Japan railway line.– NNN-NHK
