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Osaka Dotonbori Building fire: Employees were sent to prosecutors for allegedly throwing away cigarettes

International 14/07/2026 NHK 👁 23
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In August of last year, a building facing Dotonbori in Minami, Osaka, was destroyed by a fire that killed two firefighters.The police charged a 35-year-old male employee of a restaurant inside the building with throwing away a lit cigarette, causing the fire, and on the 14th, filed a complaint with the public prosecutor on suspicion of gross negligence causing a misfire.

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