Mourners gather at site of fatal Japan clinic blaze

Firefighters work at a building where a fire broke out, in Osaka, Japan December 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

OSAKA (Reuters) -Mourners placed bouquets of flowers and offerings of beer and water on Saturday at the site of a suspected arson at a psychiatry clinic in Osaka that killed 24 people.

"I wanted them to have something warm," a 34-year-old care worker, who placed a can of coffee on the table, told reporters at the scene in the city in western Japan.