Overview

• An emergency call came in around 9:50 a.m. after a blaze ignited in one building and spread to an adjacent structure.
• Two firefighters became trapped inside and were later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said.
• Three other firefighters and a woman in her 20s were hospitalized for smoke inhalation with non-life-threatening injuries.
• The fire burned down a seven-story and a five-story building near Ebisu Bridge and the Glico billboard in the Dotonbori tourist district.
• Fire officials reported no risk of further spread as Osaka police and the local fire department investigate the cause.