TOKYO, Dec, 21, 2024 (BSS/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.