Overview
- Police confirmed a third death on Nov. 13, raising the toll from the late-night Nov. 12 blaze to three.
- The deceased include helper Hamana Sayuri, 65, and two male residents believed to be in their 60s and 70s, with final identification pending.
- Three additional men in their 60s to 80s were hospitalized, including one who remains in critical condition.
- The fire is believed to have started in a fifth-floor room, burned two rooms and a corridor totaling about 31 square meters, and was extinguished in roughly 2 hours 40 minutes as police and fire officials investigate the cause.
- The building houses many older adults with on-site caregivers, was not registered as official senior housing, and residents reported alarms, a halted elevator and dense smoke that required firefighter rescues.