Twenty-seven people are feared dead after a blaze at a building in Osaka city, media reports say.
Twenty-seven people are feared dead after a blaze at a building in Japan's Osaka city.
Public broadcaster NHK and other local media outlets, citing the fire department, 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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An Osaka fire department official said that 27 of the 28 people injured in the blaze showed no signs of life. In Japan, only a doctor can officially certify someone dead.
"The fire was detected at 10:18 am (01:18 GMT) on the fourth floor," they said. "As of noon, 70 fire engines are at the scene."
The cause of the fire and other details were not immediately known.
An Osaka police spokesperson told AFP that officers were investigating the cause of the fire.
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