Police investigate site of fatal Tokyo fire

Police investigate site of fatal Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers and firefighters search a building in a popular nightspot in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 1 for clues about the fatal fire that killed 44 people there the day before. Searchers focused on the third floor of the four-story Meisei 56 Building in the Kabukicho entertainment district, as the fire is thought to have started on that floor.

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