Woman in her 20s Kicks Firefighters Down in Flames...Are you Chinese again? It's a mess
Nov 26, 2025
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Fortunately, neither the woman nor the firefighters were seriously injured.
According to Japanese media, Higashi, Osaka City, around 7 a.m. on the 14thA fire broke out in an apartment building in Kawagu.
The fire was estimated to have spread while a 26-year-old woman living on the second floor was cooking eggs.
According to the video at the time, the woman sat on the balcony railing of her neighbor's house to avoid the flames and waited for rescue.
The fire brigade arrived and set up a rescue ladder, but the woman was in extreme fear, screaming and struggling without responding to the rescue. Eventually, the moment the firefighter climbed the ladder himself and reached out to rescue, the woman suddenly kicked and the firefighter crashed.
Despite the impact of the crash, the firefighter climbed the ladder again to rescue, and the woman tripped and fell down trying to escape the flames and smoke.
Fortunately, both women and firefighters suffered minor injuries that were not life-threatening, and the fire was extinguished in 20 minutes.
When the video was released online, various interpretations of the woman's behavior emerged.
When all kinds of claims, including drinking, illegal drugs, and mental problems, came out, authorities asked them to refrain from excessive speculation.
In the meantime, when some suspected that the woman's nationality seemed to be Chinese, the controversy spread again.
Amid the recent tense atmosphere between China and Japan, netizens are saying "Are you Chinese again?", "Kicking a firefighter who came to the rescue should be severely punished.", They are showing critical responses, such as "'If it were in China, women would not have been able to do so.'"
Authorities said they could not identify the woman and asked her to wait for the official results of the investigation.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
