Update: At least 33 people are dead in the arson attack at Kyoto Animation studio
An arson attack on Kyoto Animation in Japan on Thursday morning has led to at least 33 fatalities and left many more injured.
An explosion in the building, which is the main production facility for the company, was heard nearby. A professor of fire safety and materials told public broadcaster NHK that poor ventilation, an abundance of paper used by artists at the company and the large quantity of gasoline spread around the building by the attacker likely caused the fire to spread too quickly for people to escape.
Kyoto Animation was founded in 1981, by producer Yoko Hatta and her husband Hideaki, has around 160 employees. It has an office in Tokyo and and a headquarters building in nearby Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a subsidiary Animation Do in Osaka, and is behind numerous features and TV Series, including"Why on earth did such violence have to be used?" company president Hatta asked, as he condemned the attack, according to the Associated Press.
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