At least 27 people are feared dead after fire broke out in a building in western Japan's Osaka city
The fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area. Public broadcaster NHK and other local media outlets, said that 27 people were in "cardio-respiratory arrest" after the blaze in a commercial district on Friday, which was extinguished after half an hour.
The fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area, NHK said. The charred interior of the fourth floor, which housed a clinic that provided mental health services and general medical care, was visible through broken and blackened windows. But he could not confirm a report by public broadcaster NHK citing police sources as saying there was the "possibility of an arson attack, given the circumstances at the scene".
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