A fire in an office building in the Japanese city of Osaka may have killed 27 people. The fire broke out in the eight-storey building Friday morning (local time).
A spokesman for the fire service said 28 people were injured, 27 of whom “show no sign of life”. Victims are currently being taken to the hospital.
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The fire started on the fourth floor of the office building and is said to have been completely extinguished after half an hour. A few hours after the fire started, about seventy fire engines were still present in the vicinity of the building, which is located in a busy nightlife area in the city.
Eyewitnesses tell the Japanese broadcaster NHK to have seen “thick black smoke”. It is still unclear how the fire started.