3 die in residential fire in Okayama

NIIMI, Japan - Firefighters and police inspect a house in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2009, that burned down in a residential fire, claiming the lives of three people. Takako Ikeda, 67, and her two grandchildren -- Ayaka, 13, and Kein, 7 -- died in the fire, while Ikeda's husband, Kameo, 68, escaped the fire and was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

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