More than 20 feared dead in building fire in osaka, japan
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TOKYO (AP) — More than 20 people were feared dead after a fire broke out Friday in a building in Osaka in western Japan, officials said, and police were investigating arson as a possible
cause. The fire started on the fourth floor of an eight-story building in the major business, shopping and entertainment area of Kitashinchi, Osaka fire department official Akira Kishimoto
said. Twenty-seven people were found in a state of cardiac arrest and one other woman was injured, Kishimoto said. The woman was conscious and brought down by an aerial ladder from a window
on the sixth floor and was being treated in a hospital. READ THIS STORY FOR FREE To continue reading, sign up for our newsletters and get unlimited access to WABE.org