Kennel Fire in Japan's Kumamoto Pref. Leaves 100 Pet Dogs Dead

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At around 2:25 PM on the 20th, a fire broke out near the home of a 63-year-old man who runs a dog breeding business in Hara, Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The fire was extinguished about four hours later, but a wooden one-story house and two dog kennels totaling approximately 340 square meters were completely burned down, including the dogs kept in the kennels.

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] At around 2:20 pm on the 20th, a fire broke out at the home of Tetsuya Kihara (63) in Hara, Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, completely burning down a single-story wooden house and two dog kennels (totaling approximately 340 square meters), killing approximately 100 dogs kept in the kennels. No one was injured. According to the Prefectural Police Kikuchi Station and others,

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At around 2:25 pm on the 20th, a call was made to 119 reporting that the building of Tetsuya Kihara (63) in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, was on fire. According to the Kumamoto Prefectural Police and other sources, a wooden one-story house and two dog kennels totaling approximately 340 square meters were burned down, and approximately 100 poodles, including those kept for breeding, were killed.