Three bodies found after Tokyo house fire, children feared dead

22 Feb 2026 • 6:10 PM MYT
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Three bodies discovered after a house fire near Tokyo, with two children and their grandmother missing. Two other residents were rescued and hospitalised.

MUTSUZAWA: Three bodies were found after a house fire in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

The fire broke out around 3.05 am at a house where six people lived, according to local police and the fire department.

Two elementary school girls and their grandmother in her 60s remain unaccounted for.

Two other people were rescued from the blaze and taken to a hospital.

Police are investigating the cause of the fire.

(Bernama-Kyodo)