小学校の火事で女性教師“洗濯物乾かしていた”　電気ストーブは通電状態　東京・北区(2026年6月24日)

In connection with the fire at an elementary school in Kita Ward, Tokyo, it has been revealed that a female teacher stated she was drying laundry in the music preparation room where the fire started. The fire at Takinogawa Third Elementary School in Kita Ward, which occurred on the 19th, burned approximately 200 square meters and injured 11 people. Subsequent inquiries with the Metropolitan Police Department revealed that the female teacher, who teaches music, stated she was using a circulating fan to dry laundry in the music preparation room where the fire started. Furthermore, an electric heater near the source of the fire was plugged in at the time, and some kind of fiber-like material was found attached to the burnt heater. In addition to the heater, at least three burnt power strips were also found near the source of the fire. The Metropolitan Police Department is questioning the female teacher voluntarily as a key witness and is investigating the case as a suspected arson. [TV Asahi NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp