Japanese hospital fire leaves many dead and injured

October 12, 2013 02:56

A fire has broken out at a hospital in southern Japan, killing 10 people. Another eight people were injured in the fire, which started on the ground floor of the four-storey orthopedic hospital while patients were sleeping.

Fukuoka police said eight of the dead were patients, and the remaining two were hospital staff. Several of those injured were in serious condition. Akiharu Otsu, a Fukuoka city fire department official, told journalists the fire had been extinguished only after burning down most of the building.

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