OSAKA BUILDING FIRE Policemen and firefighters gather near a building where a fire broke out in Osaka, western Japan on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Dozens of people are feared dead after a fire broke out in the building, fire department officials said Friday. AP PHOTO
TOKYO: Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said Friday, and police were investigating arson as a possible cause.