Public broadcaster NHK coverage of the fire showed flames engulfing the three-storey building surrounded by piles of snow. A firefighter inspects a facility to support senior people on welfare, where a fire occurred, in Sapporo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Feb 1, 2018. Photo: Kyodo via ReutersThe facility was run by a Sapporo organisation that helps people on welfare by providing food and assistance finding jobs, NHK said. In March 2010, seven people at a Sapporo nursing home for elderly people with dementia were killed in a fire. Last month, 37 people died in fire at a hospital without sprinkler system in South Korea injuring more than 150 people.

Source: bd News24 February 01, 2018 03:22 UTC