At least 33 dead in suspected arson at Japan animation studio KyoAni

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WATCH: A massive blaze engulfed animation studio KyoAni in Kyoto on Thursday morning, killing more than 30 people. A man was heard shouting 'die' as he doused the building with fuel: (Video: APTN, Reuters)

Fire engulfed the building as white and black smoke billowed from its charred windows. It was Japan's worst mass killing since a suspected arson attack on a Tokyo building in 2001.

Firefighters and rescue personnel inside an animation company building after it caught fire in Kyoto on Jul 18, 2019. The suspected arsonist was injured and was being treated in hospital, so police could not question him, NHK said.Smoke billows from a fire at the Kyoto Animation studio in Japan. Footage of the fire showed thick white smoke pouring from windows of the three-storey building. Its facade was charred black on much of one side where the flames had burned out of the windows.

A woman living nearby told Kyodo news agency she had seen at least one injured person outside the building. The blaze prompted an outpouring of support from those in Japan's anime industry, one of the country's best known cultural exports.

 

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