Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate.

The fire was extinguished half an hour after it broke out mid-morning on the fourth floor of the narrow block – Copyright AFP/File ANWAR ULLAH At least 24 people ...

The southern Japanesecity of Oita saw a fire that resulted in more than 170 buildings being evacuated, with one person in his 70s being missing. Some 175 residents moved to emergency accommodation ...

A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 25 people at a Japanese mental health clinic died in hospital on Thursday, police said. Morio Tanimoto had been in critical condition, ...

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A blaze swept through a mental-health clinic in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, leaving at least 24 dead. Police said they are investigating the fire as a case of suspected arson. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters A man ...

OSAKA, Japan — A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental clinic in an eight-story building in downtown Osaka in western Japan on Friday left 24 dead in what police were investigating as a possible ...

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At least 24 people were killed after a blaze gutted a mental health clinic in a commercial building in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, local media said, with police reportedly considering it a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood of old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring ...