Eleven people died in a fire late Wednesday night at a lodging facility in Sapporo that housed impoverished elderly and disabled people, with only five residents surviving, police said.The lodging in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, which was totally gutted, was effectively functioning as a low-cost shelter for welfare recipients. Japan has about 1,700 such facilities, often used by elderly people unable to enter care facilities or rejected by apartment owners.A total of 16 residents in their 40s to 80s were living in the decrepit three-story wooden home built on a 400-square-meter lot.…READ FULL ARTICLE