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Fire erupts during demolition of quake-damaged chimney at paper factory in Japan
Police said all 10 workers evacuated safely as firefighters battled the blaze for more than six hours and the cause remained unknown.
- A fire erupted at the Nippon Paper Industries Yatsushiro City plant on Thursday during demolition of an earthquake-damaged 110-meter chimney. All 10 workers on-site evacuated safely with no injuries reported.
- Three of the facility's five chimneys sustained significant damage when a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, causing an 80-meter chimney to collapse and kill nine employees.
- Firefighters battled the blaze for six and a half hours using 14 engines. Footage on NHK national television showed an orange blaze with billowing black smoke rising from the damaged structure.
- Nippon Paper Industries expects the fire will delay dismantling work originally scheduled for mid-September completion. The firm has not yet decided when demolition of the two remaining quake-hit chimneys will begin.
- The magnitude-7.1 earthquake resulted in 38 deaths and widespread regional destruction across Kumamoto Prefecture. Some 36,000 houses and buildings were damaged, with more than 2,000 people still living in evacuation centers.
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Japanese media: Shortly before 6 p.m., the fire department received a report that "a fire had broken out in the chimney that was being dismantled" at the Nippon Paper Industries Yatsushiro Plant in Yatsushiro City, where the chimney had collapsed during the Kumamoto earthquake.
·Beijing, China
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At around 5:50 p.m. on the 3rd, an employee called 119 to report that a fire had broken out during chimney demolition work at the Nippon Paper Industries Yatsushiro Plant in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, where the chimney was damaged in the July Kumamoto earthquake. According to the Yatsushiro Wide Area Administrative Affairs Association Fire Department, the fire occurred during the demolition…
·Tokyo, Japan
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