Video: Flammable Liquid Poured on Floor and Set Ablaze; 27 Dead in Japan

This morning, a fire broke out in an office building in Osaka, Japan, resulting in at least 27 fatalities. According to initial police reports, it is suspected that the fire was deliberately set.

It has been reported that a man, approximately 60 years old, poured a flammable liquid on the floor of the 4th floor and ignited it. Around seventy firefighters and emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene.

The fire was quickly extinguished; however, local media reports indicate that the lifeless bodies of 17 men and 10 women were recovered from the building.