Kyoto Animation: A man caused a fire in Japan and at least 24 people died

Fire in the city of Kyoto It spread at full speed in the three-story building, police reported, which immediately arrested the alleged perpetrator, a 41-year-old man, reported the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

The fire officer Mikihide Daikoku He told reporters that the number of people whose deaths had been confirmed or suspected was "almost 30". Thirty-six others were injured, some seriously.

According to Daikoku, firefighters have found more than a dozen seemingly lifeless bodies on the top floor of the building. Kyoto Animation, some of them lying on the stairs leading to the roof.

Until here, it's about the deadliest fire in Japan from another in 2001 that left 44 dead in Tokyo.

A witness said he saw the suspect at a time when the police were approaching him to tell him that he had sprayed gasoline on the site, and then lit a fire with a lighter.

In chain statements NHK Public Television, the woman said that the man had his arms and legs burned and that he was shouting that something had been "stolen", apparently by the company.

Other survivors who saw the attack said that the man was not working there and was screaming "Die!" while he was pouring gasoline and lighting the fire, local media reported.

Images of NHK showed several knives removed by the police at the scene of the crime, but we do not know if they belonged to the attacker.

In the images broadcast by the local media, you can see the flames coming out through one of the windows and smoking by others, while firefighters try to fight the fire from the three-story building .