Five people died overnight during a fire at an apartment building in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, police said Saturday. A female resident in her 80s was con
OSAKA – Five people died overnight during a fire at an apartment building in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, police said Saturday.
A female resident in her 80s was confirmed dead after being taken to a hospital, while the unidentified body of a male was found Friday night at the wooden two-story apartment, the police said. Three other unidentified bodies were recovered on Saturday.
Fifteen residents and a manager lived in the building, and four people remain unaccounted for, according to the police.
The building is in a dense residential area near Hattori-tenjin Station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line.
