2021 Osaka building fire

2021 CE.

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On 17 December 2021, a fire occurred in a psychiatric clinic located on the fourth floor of the Dojima Kita Building in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The fire is suspected to have been started deliberately. It killed 26 people and injured another. On 30 December, the suspect, 61-year-old Morio Tanimoto (谷本盛雄, Tanimoto Morio), died of injuries sustained in the fire.

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