Dozens dead on arson attack at Kyoto Studio

[Labster]

At this point, I can't care about his motives. That son of a bitch apparently blocked fire exits before starting the fire.

Yeah, that didn't happen.  There was no fire exit; as a small office building none was required under fire code.  Neither were fire sprinklers.  The building passed inspection.

The security system was disabled that day to help visitors from another company come in.  The perp wheeled in a whole cart of gasoline.

My guess on the policy fallout of this is that fire code will get tougher.  It's still no Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, but it's a big enough deal to drive home the need for more fire safety.

And also, be wary of passing on early reports.  People often get the wrong ideas.