FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Two elderly women died in a fire at a senior care home in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, while three other women were injured, police said.
Toshie Hisano, 88, and Taki Mizutani, 90, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after the fire broke out at around 10 p.m. Friday, the police said. The three injured are also in their 80s and 90s.
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