A fire broke out in a house in Higashimurayama, Tokyo on the early morning of the 9th, killing a couple in their 60s and two men in their 20s and 30s, who are believed to be sons.
The Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire and the detailed situation at that time.
Around 3:20 am on the 9th, a neighbor found a fire in a two-story house in Tamako-cho, Higashimurayama City, and reported it.
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, 25 fire-fighting vehicles were dispatched to extinguish the fire, and as a result, the fire was almost extinguished after about two hours, but one two-story house was almost completely burned down and about 80 square meters was burnt. It means that.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a total of four people, a couple in their 60s and two men in their 20s and 30s, who are believed to be sons, were taken to the hospital unconscious, but died shortly thereafter. bottom.
At that time, the four people were sleeping on the second floor, and the source of the fire seems to be the first floor.
The Metropolitan Police Department and others are investigating the cause of the fire and confirming the detailed situation at that time.
The site of the fire was a residential area about 1 km west of Higashimurayama Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line, and many fire trucks gathered around it to make a noise.