Tokyo - Seven people died after a fire swept through a Japanese hotel on Sunday morning, the local police and fire department said.
"Seven people - 3 men and 4 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, 600km 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.
- SAPA/News24
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