".The horrific fire in the city of Kyoto gutted a building owned by the animation production company Kyoto Animation, a firm behind hit anime television series beloved by the genre&STORZ COUPLING IN ALUMINUM39;s many fans."So I think the flames spread so fast that there was no time for the fire alarm and fire doors."Thank you to everyone who has shown their support for those impacted by the tragedy at KyoAni," the organisers Sentai Filmworks wrote, using a nickname for Kyoto Animation."It's so dreadful that I'm lost for words," he wrote on his official Twitter account."People with severe burns were crying uncontrollably, just completely dazed," she added.Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he was praying for those affected.Some reports suggested the man believed the company had stolen his work, with the local Kyoto Shimbun newspaper reporting that he told police: "I set the fire because they stole novels. The person jumped, desperately trying to get away from the building but we couldn't rush to help because the fire was so strong," one local woman told an online affiliate of the Asahi Shimbun daily. He had reportedly also brought knives and a hammer to the building. Kyoto: Japanese police on Friday were investigating a suspected arson attack that killed 33 people in what would be one of the country's deadliest crimes in decades, with the motive for the blaze still unclear.
Most were believed to be employees of the company.Local media said he did not appear to have any ties to Kyoto Animation.Local police said 12 men and 20 women were among the dead, with one victim not yet identified. It would have been difficult to escape after the fire began.Details were still emerging about the victims in the blaze, which also injured 36 people, 10 of whom suffered serious injuries.Some reports Friday said the man was unconscious, and that police had been unable to interrogate him so far."Flames spread incomparably faster with gasoline than in a normal fire," he said.The investigation into the deadly fire was being complicated by thea fact that the chief suspect, a 41-year-old man detained on Thursday, suffered serious burns in the blaze and was in hospital.Keizo Harafuji, a former scientific investigation officer for the Tokyo police, told public broadcaster NHK that those trapped inside would have had little chance of escape.Only sketchy details have emerged about the man who reportedly doused the building in a flammable substance and yelled "drop dead" before setting the liquid alight."- 'Difficult to escape' -On Thursday, Kyoto Animation president Hideaki Hatta said the firm had been threatened.The blaze appeared to have engulfed the three-storey building with shocking speed, and firefighters said many of the bodies they found were on a stairwell leading from the top floor to the roof, suggesting people were trying to escape the flames when they were overcome.
