TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed in multiple fires across Japan on Saturday, local media reported.
Two bodies, believed to be those of a 92-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife, were discovered after a fire ripped through a two-story house in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, in the early morning, Kyodo News reported, citing the police.
A separate fire at a two-story apartment in the same city killed a 68-year-old woman, it added.
In Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, a fire struck a house in the early hours, killing three, while a 17-year-old girl was injured, the report said.
The high school student lived with her parents and grandmother, according to the police.
Another early morning fire broke out in a house in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, where two bodies were found, police said.
Of the five residents of the house, three escaped with two of them sustaining injuries, they added. ■