Eleven people were killed in northernJapanafterfirebroke out at ahomeforelderlypeoplewith financial difficulties, police said on Thursday.Television footage showed the three-storey building engulfed in flames and dozens of firefighters battling the blaze in snowy conditions.Pictures of the aftermath showed the blackened husk of the building, whose roof had apparently collapsed due to thefire.The burned-out residence for elderly people in Sapporo, northern Japan,