Massive fire at Kyoto animation studio kills at least 26, Japanese authorities say.
An official with the Kyoto fire department told ABC News that at least 26 people were confirmed dead and at least one person was still missing.The blaze broke out Thursday morning at Kyoto Animation after a man allegedly burst in and spread an unknown liquid that set the three-story building ablaze, the city's prefectural police said, according to The Associated Press.In a post on Twitter, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the fire"too appalling for words.
The blaze, if an arson attack, could be the deadliest mass killing in Japan in three years. The last mass murder was in 2016 when 19 people were stabbed to death at an assisted living center near Tokyo.
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