Fatal flames: Firetrucks parked in front of the multi-storey office building in Osaka where the fire broke out. — Reuters
TOKYO: At least 24 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, and media said police were investigating suspected arson.
Fire officials who reached the building in the major business, shopping and entertainment area of Kitashinchi in Osaka found 27 people in a state of cardiac arrest, said Osaka fire department official Akira Kishimoto.
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