Burning man walked into Yokkaichi house before fatal fire, witness says
A house and a car burned to the ground in Mie Prefecture. The five family members who live there are safe, but the body found near the entrance is not one of them.
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A House Burned to the Ground, a Family Unharmed — and One Body No One Can Name
A fire in Yokkaichi destroyed a home where five people lived. Every family member is accounted for. Police are treating the death of the person found near the front door as possibly a crime and possibly an accident.
Prosecutors produce new statement in Fukuoka arson trial as defendant denies remembering fire day
Koji Inoue, 58, a former resident of the burned Kitakyushu apartment building, told the court he has no memory of May 7, 2017, and no reason to have visited the site.
Defendant in Kitakyushu fire that killed 6 refuses prosecution questions
Koji Inoue told the Fukuoka District Court's Kokura branch he did not want to answer, and the questioning of the defendant ended the same day.
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