Dozens feared dead in building fire in Japan’s Osaka | News | Al Jazeera

Dozens of people are feared dead after a blaze at a commercial building in western Japan, according to the NHK broadcaster.

The fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area in the city of Osaka on Friday, NHK said.

A total of 28 people were “severely injured”, reported NHK. “Most of them are without vital signs.”

Some 27 of whom were found in a state of heart and lung failure, it added.