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Resident in high-rise condo admits starting fire

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A resident in the high-rise Tokyo condo where a fire broke out on Monday has admitted starting the fire, police said Tuesday.

The man, who is in his 20s, lives in the 20th-floor apartment of the 25-story building in Nishi-Kanda, Chiyoda Ward. The fire started at around 8:30 a.m. in the man's apartment. Forty fire trucks were mobilized and it took about three hours to extinguish the blaze.

The suspect suffered burns, while two other residents in different apartments were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, TBS reported. About 230 residents had to be evacuated, as well as 40 children from a nursery on the ground floor.

Police plan to seek an arrest warrant for the suspect who said he started the fire in a suicide attempt.

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I saw that news on TV last night - right in the middle of Tokyo... this person needs some medical help... and a lock-up.

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Hint to guy who supposedly wants to commit suicide: you live on a VERY high floor in a VERY high building! Instead the guy sets fire to it in what was obviously just a cry for attention and now has injured others, destroyed a lot of property, and caused the city thousands upon thousands in mobilizing the fire fighters -- who did an excellent job, etc. I wonder if he'll like prison better than his high-rise and life of freedom.

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Why he did not jump from his apartment ... why he try to hurt other people.

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@khulifi

Why he did not jump from his apartment

There's no guarantee he wouldn't have killed someone by falling on them...

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"this person needs some medical help... and a lock-up."

This person also needs some mental help. The lock-up is the most important right now.

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They should charge him for the cost of Fire Department mobilization ...

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I believe he will be forced to pay for all responders costs and be jailed! wouldnt it be similar if you commit suicide jumping in front of a train your family or guarantors are forced to pay all the responder and clean up and inconvenience costs!

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if you commit suicide jumping in front of a train your family or guarantors are forced to pay all the responder and clean up and inconvenience costs!

This gets spread around lots in English media, but it's only partially true. The family is not forced to pay, rather if the person who commits suicide leaves an estate of value, the costs are charged to the estate, meaning the family does not receive that money. The family is never billed any money that the estate cannot cover.

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Talk about a neighbour from hell! Glad that I don´t live in a high-rise. Horrifying location if you need to escape...

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