Kyoto: A suspected arson attack on an animation company in Japan’s Kyoto killed 24 people and injured dozens more on Thursday.
Police said the fierce blaze appeared to have been started deliberately but there was no immediate information on a possible motive.
The toll continued to climb hours after the fire began, with fire department officials saying bodies were being discovered as they searched the ravaged building.
The discoveries, on the building’s second floor and a stairwell leading to the roof, raised the toll to at least 24 dead.
Officials said 35 people had also been injured in the fire, 10 of whom were in serious condition, and local media said around 70 people were believed to have been in the building when the fire started.
Footage of the blaze showed thick white smoke pouring from the windows of the three-story building. Its facade was charred black on much of one side where the flames had shot out of the windows.
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