Blaze at Hotel Prince in Fukuyama kill seven

TOKYO: Seven people died after a fire swept through a Japanese hotel on Sunday morning, the local police and fire department said, the fire occurred at four story Hotel Prince at about 7 AM and the same is extinguished at 10AM."Seven people  three men and four women  are dead," said a local police officer, giving no further details with identities yet to be confirmed. The seven were among 10 people taken to hospital after the fire, a fire department official said.The blaze took place at a hotel in Fukuyama, 600 kilometres (373 miles) west of Tokyo, in Hiroshima prefecture, the officials said.Three people, including a hotel employee, were injured, Jiji Press said. The cause of the fire, now under control, was not known immediately, police said.
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