6 people killed, 4 others injured in Toyama fire

TOYAMA, Japan - Investigators examine a house damaged by a fire that broke out early Jan. 1 in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture. The fire killed six people and injured four others at the house belonging to Hanako Watanabe, 78. Ten people, including Watanabe's three children and their family members who were visiting her for the New Year's holidays, were in the house at the time of the fire.

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