US EditionOsaka Fire Kills Two Firefighters and Leaves Four Injured
One woman and two firefighters were hospitalized with injuries from smoke inhalation during a fire in a busy Osaka shopping district, firefighters said.
- An emergency call at around 9:50 a.m. on Monday reported a fire on the first floor of a building in Osaka's Dotonbori district, where two firefighters, ages 55 and 22, died and a woman in her 20s was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
- Near the Glico neon billboard, black smoke from the fire near Ebisu Bridge attracted passersby and tourists in Osaka's Minami district.
- Fire Department deployed 65 fire trucks and contained the flames within three hours, with two buildings gutted over about 100 square meters near Ebisu Bridge.
- Following containment, officials said there was no further spread risk, and a ramen shop worker evacuated after police warnings.
- Investigators will examine how the fire started on the first floor and spread to an adjacent structure, as the cause remains unknown.
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Two firefighters die in building fire at Osaka's Dotonbori
OSAKA: Two firefighters were killed and four others injured in a building fire on Monday in Osaka’s Dotonbori shopping district, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing local police and firefighters. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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[NHK] On the morning of the 18th, a fire broke out in a building housing restaurants and other businesses facing Dotonbori in Minami, Osaka, and spread, eventually being extinguished after about three hours.
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