Report: 27 people feared dead in building fire in Osaka

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s NHK says a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan and 27 people are feared dead. The fire broke out on the fourth or fifth floor of an eight-story building in a shopping and entertainment area on Friday, NHK said. Twenty-eight people were believed to be affected, 27 of whom were found in a state of heart and lung failure, NHK reported. The cause of the fire and other details were not immediately known.