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35 taken to hospital after house fire in Japan's Osaka

Tokyo, Apr 19 (UNI) A fire broke out around Saturday noon in a 14-story prefectural housing complex in Japan's Osaka Prefecture, with 35 residents taken to hospital and one in serious condition, local media reported.
The fire started on the fourth floor of the building and smoke quickly spread to the upper floors, national broadcaster NHK reported.
Emergency services dispatched 38 fire trucks to the scene, and the blaze was brought under control approximately four hours later.
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