TOKYO, Oct 11 – A fire that ripped through a hospital in
Japan as patients slept killed 10 elderly people Friday and prompted
government demands for safety reviews across the country.
The blaze, which broke out in the middle of the night, left a
further five people injured, police said, with the fire and disaster
management agency saying four of them were in a serious condition.
Video footage aired on public broadcaster NHK showed firefighters
surrounding the hospital in the city of Fukuoka, in the southwest, as
smoke poured from the front entrance of the partially gutted building.
Dark streaks of soot were smeared across the second floor windows.
“We have confirmed the deaths of 10 people eight in patients and two
hospital workers,” said a local police spokesman. The two hospital
workers were a former hospital director and his wife, police later said.
All of those who died were between the ages of 70 and 89, police said.
Adopted from:
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/10/fire-at-japan-hospital-kills-10-injures-five-more/
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