1.  Raisa Mikhailova, municipal spokeswoman at Okha on Sakhalin, said the situation in the remote area was very confused with only patchy reports.

2.  Four of the dead perished in the fire while one died later in a hospital, municipal spokeswoman Mary Verhoog said.

3.  One resident of the house, a young man, also died in the fire, said municipal spokeswoman Wieneke Wolthuis.

4.  The small town of Neftegorsk was completely destroyed by the quake, said Raisa Mikhailova, municipal spokeswoman in the district center of Okha.

5.  The small town of Neftegorsk was destroyed by the earthquake, said Raisa Mikhailova, municipal spokeswoman in the district center of Okha.

6.  However a municipal spokeswoman could not confirm the radio story.