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       Burning houses are seen in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Dec. 6, 2021. (Mainichi/Tatsuma Kasama)

       TOKYO -- Nine buildings in the capital's Koto Ward caught on fire before dawn on Dec. 6 after a suspected arson case at a home, leaving a man with non-life-threatening injuries.

       The local fire department received an emergency call at around 4 a.m. saying that there was a fire at a house in the ward's Ojima district. The blaze was put under control about two and a half hours later after burning down three buildings including a wooden two-story house, where the fire was believed to have started, and partially burning six other structures including private residences.

       According to the fire department, a man who lives in one of the houses was transported to the hospital after inhaling smoke, but his injuries are apparently non-life threatening.

       According to the Metropolitan Police Department's Joto Police Station, a man in his 50s who is believed to be a resident of one of the burned houses, reportedly said he started the fire, and police are questioning him. The scene is located in a residential area near Higashi-ojima Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.

       (Japanese original by Seiho Akimaru, Tokyo City News Department)

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