A large fire broke out in a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, a famous tourist landmark in Osaka’s Naniwa Ward, that left one man injured, local media said Tuesday.
The fire broke out in a game center on the first floor of a five-story building, and about 650 square meters including another nearby building was destroyed. About 40 firetrucks have been deployed to the site to extinguish the fire, NHK reported, citing local police and fire departments.
One employee of the arcade, a man in his 30s, was taken to the hospital with injuries.
The man’s injuries are thought to be minor, and he said there were no customers at the game center when the fire broke out.
An aerial view shows smoke rising from a fire near Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka on Tuesday.
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A resident who lives nearby reported the fire at a shopping street near Tsutenkaku Tower in Ebisu-higashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Live images showed part of the building, on a shopping street in downtown Osaka, still burning and dark smoke billowing into the skyline.
Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing.