Overview
- The 51-year-old resident called 119 around 11:45–11:50 p.m. on Oct. 30 after noticing a fire on the second floor.
- Firefighters brought the blaze under control in about an hour and discovered two bodies in the burned second-floor area.
- Police say the household consisted of the caller, his mother in her 70s and his younger brother in his 40s, who have not been reached.
- The caller reported that clothes on the second floor were burning when he phoned for help.
- The fire occurred in a wooden two-story detached home in Ibogawa-cho Noda, Tatsuno City, and the caller escaped without injury.