At least 33 people were feared dead and scores injured when an animation studio was torched in Japan on Thursday, authorities said, with the cause suspected to be arson by a man who shouted “Die” as he doused the building with petrol. “I heard the sound of fire engines and stepped outside my house, and saw big flames spewing out of the building,” NHK quoted a 16-year-old boy as saying. The casualties included seven confirmed dead, six with no vital signs, and another 10 or so people found unconscious, a Kyoto city fire department official told Reuters. SUSPECT IN HOSPITALThe suspected arsonist was injured and was being treated in hospital, so police could not question him, NHK said. The fire department official said earlier that some 30 people, who were believed to have been in the building at the time of the fire, could not be reached.

Source: Indian Express July 18, 2019 05:08 UTC