日本滋贺县甲贺市一住宅发生火灾，现场发现3具遗体 was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Monday, 2 November 2026 at 00:41 UTC. The event is classified as a fire incident with a severity rating of Minor, and was detected through GNEWS.
Reported in media coverage. Found by our incident harvester, which queries each country's press in its own language, one incident category at a time (fire). Original headline: "日本滋贺县甲贺市一住宅发生火灾，现场发现3具遗体 - 旅日侨网".
Understanding fire events
Structural, factory, market, hospital and residential fires. Most fire deaths are caused by smoke inhalation rather than flames, and a room can reach untenable conditions within a few minutes of ignition. Working smoke alarms and clear, unlocked exits remain the two measures that save the most lives.
How severity is rated
Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Minor. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.
Safety guidance for fire situations
- Get out and stay out; never return for possessions.
- Stay low under smoke and close doors behind you to slow the spread.
- If a door feels hot, do not open it — use your second exit route.
- Call emergency services from outside, not from inside the building.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from GNEWS and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Reported
Reported by News reports (Google News). Not independently confirmed. Copies of one syndicated story are counted once.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:41 UTCFirst report News report
First recorded from News reports (Google News).
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:21 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "敦煌莫高窟如何实现连续50年“零火灾”？"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:37 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "烟霾来袭| 印尼火灾热点减至96个 中加里曼丹泥炭地灭火仍艰巨 - 国际 - 国际拼盘"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:00 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Два человека погибли на пожаре в Бурятии"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:07 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Мужчина и женщина погибли на пожаре в Бурятии - Номер Один - Новости Бурятии и Улан-Удэ сегодня"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:09 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Два человека погибли в пожаре из-за непотушенной сигареты - Восток-Телеинформ"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:05 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Побои, пьяное вождение и пожар: сводка происшествий в Якутии за сутки"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:10 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Женщина погибла при пожаре в районе имени Лазо"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:18 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Пожар в Тайшетском округе: спасли жилой дом и «Ладу»"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:26 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "6 пожаров потушили в Красноярском крае за последние сутки — Новости Красноярска на телеканале Енисей"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 01:07 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "На территории Межегейского месторождения произошел пожар - Тува-Онлайн"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:33 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В воскресенье, 1 ноября, в Красноярском крае ликвидировали 6 пожаров"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:24 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "В магаданской области на прошедшей неделе произошло 5 бытовых пожаров"
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 00:29 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Пожар на Межегейском месторождении в Туве ликвидировали на площади 250 кв. м"
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 14 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.