At least 19 people died in a fire in one of the departments of the clinic for psychological assistance and therapy in the Japanese city of Osaka. This was reported by the Kyodo agency with reference to a source in the investigating authorities.
The fire took place this morning, December 17, on the fourth level of an eight-story building in the shopping district, which housed a clinic for therapeutic and psychological assistance.
According to eyewitnesses, a liquid leaked from an elderly man’s paper bag caught fire in the building. According to one version, it was arson. “When I looked outside my office, I saw an orange flame in a window on the fourth floor of the building. The woman waved her hand from the window on the sixth floor and asked for help, ”said one of the witnesses to the fire.
By now, the fire has been extinguished, now the police are establishing the circumstances and reasons for the incident.
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