Up to 27 people are feared to have died or been critically injured in a building fire in western Japan.
State broadcaster NHK said the fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area in the city of Osaka.
It said the victims were found in a state of heart or lung failure.
The blaze was mostly extinguished after 30 minutes according to local media.
It is not yet known what caused the fire.
Related posts:
Biden issues new Russia sanctions and expels 10 diplomats for election interference and hacking
Eight children and two women killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza as Palestinian militants fire salvo of rockets back
Roger Federer on the Olympics: ‘Is it happening or isn’t it?’
Israeli PM vows to push on ‘forcefully’ with offensive as further airstrikes hit Gaza
Christian Eriksen records touching video message for nine-year-old facing same operation he had
Inside the abandoned US detention centre where Afghan terror suspects were ‘tortured’
‘One of the scariest few minutes of my life’: How tornadoes have ripped apart lives and livelihoods
‘All gone’: Recovery effort after tornadoes in Kentucky will take time, money and stir up fractured politics
Putin reveals he had to moonlight as a taxi driver after Soviet collapse
Novak Djokovic visa saga: How did we get here?
British girl, five, dies after being struck by skier in French Alps, according to reports
Novak Djokovic arrives in Serbia after deportation from Australia
