At least 27 feared dead in Osaka building fire in Japan

In Japan, at least 27 people are feared to have died after a fire broke out in a building in downtown Osaka yesterday. Police are investigating whether the blaze was started deliberately. The fire, which reportedly occurred in a psychiatric clinic, was extinguished within half an



hour.

Footage showed blackened windows after dozens of firefighters extinguished the blaze on the fourth floor. All of those feared dead were reportedly in a psychiatric clinic on the fourth floor of the building, located in a busy commercial and entertainment district.