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Fire Breaks Out At Tokyo Elementary School, 300 Students And Staff Evacuated
Firefighters rescued one teacher and several schoolchildren out of the building, with non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.
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Massive Fire Engulfs 170 Buildings In Southern Japan, 1 Missing
A fire has ripped through more than 170 buildings in a southern Japanese coastal city, burning overnight and still not fully extinguished, the national fire agency said on Wednesday.
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"I Went Too Far": Japan Man Admits Starting 2019 Fire That Killed 36
He is accused of breaking into the studio's building, spreading gasoline around the ground floor and setting it alight before reportedly shouting "drop dead".
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4 Killed, 4 Critical After Japan Apartment Fire
A fire at an apartment building in Kobe in western Japan killed four men and left four in critical condition on Sunday, an official said.
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4 Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Factory In Japan
Four workers have died in a blaze at a rice cracker factory in Japan, police said Saturday, with firefighters working throughout the night to extinguish the inferno.
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Arson Suspected As Fire In Japan Mental Health Clinic Leaves 24 Dead
At least 24 people were killed after a blaze gutted a mental health clinic in a commercial building in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, local media said, with police reportedly considering the incident a possible arson.
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Japan Fire: Bodies Found In Stairwell Suggest They Were Trying To Escape
Details emerged Friday of the horrifying blaze that ripped through a Japanese anime firm, killing dozens including people who tried in vain to reach the roof, but the motive for the suspected arson remained unclear.
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Police, Firemen Search For Cause Of Explosion That Injured 42 In Japan
Police and fire officials on Monday were searching for the cause of a dramatic explosion in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo that collapsed a building and injured 42 people.
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Fire At Japanese Senior Welfare Residence Kills 11
Eleven people were killed in a fire at a low-rent residence in northern Japan that mainly housed elderly people on welfare, police said on Thursday. Five people were rescued.
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Fire Engulfs 140 Buildings In Japan, No Deaths Reported
A fire engulfed about 140 houses, shops and other buildings in a Japanese coastal city on Thursday, injuring five people but causing no deaths, a fire official said.
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At Least 140 Buildings On Fire In Wind-Swept Blaze In Japan
A restaurant fire whipped by high winds spread to at least 140 buildings Thursday in a small Japanese city on the Japan Sea coast.
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Major fire at ironworks in central Japan
A fire engulfed a steel plant in central Japan on Friday, days after a deadly blast hit another plant in the region.
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Fire at Japan hospital kills ten, injures five more
A fire that ripped through a hospital in Japan as patients slept killed 10 elderly people on Friday and prompted government demands for safety reviews across the country.
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Japan extracts 'fire ice' gas from seabed
Japan said on Tuesday it had successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as "fire ice", from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years' worth of gas for the resource-starved country.
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Fire Breaks Out At Tokyo Elementary School, 300 Students And Staff Evacuated
Firefighters rescued one teacher and several schoolchildren out of the building, with non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.
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Massive Fire Engulfs 170 Buildings In Southern Japan, 1 Missing
A fire has ripped through more than 170 buildings in a southern Japanese coastal city, burning overnight and still not fully extinguished, the national fire agency said on Wednesday.
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"I Went Too Far": Japan Man Admits Starting 2019 Fire That Killed 36
He is accused of breaking into the studio's building, spreading gasoline around the ground floor and setting it alight before reportedly shouting "drop dead".
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4 Killed, 4 Critical After Japan Apartment Fire
A fire at an apartment building in Kobe in western Japan killed four men and left four in critical condition on Sunday, an official said.
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4 Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Factory In Japan
Four workers have died in a blaze at a rice cracker factory in Japan, police said Saturday, with firefighters working throughout the night to extinguish the inferno.
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Arson Suspected As Fire In Japan Mental Health Clinic Leaves 24 Dead
At least 24 people were killed after a blaze gutted a mental health clinic in a commercial building in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, local media said, with police reportedly considering the incident a possible arson.
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Japan Fire: Bodies Found In Stairwell Suggest They Were Trying To Escape
Details emerged Friday of the horrifying blaze that ripped through a Japanese anime firm, killing dozens including people who tried in vain to reach the roof, but the motive for the suspected arson remained unclear.
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Police, Firemen Search For Cause Of Explosion That Injured 42 In Japan
Police and fire officials on Monday were searching for the cause of a dramatic explosion in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo that collapsed a building and injured 42 people.
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Fire At Japanese Senior Welfare Residence Kills 11
Eleven people were killed in a fire at a low-rent residence in northern Japan that mainly housed elderly people on welfare, police said on Thursday. Five people were rescued.
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Fire Engulfs 140 Buildings In Japan, No Deaths Reported
A fire engulfed about 140 houses, shops and other buildings in a Japanese coastal city on Thursday, injuring five people but causing no deaths, a fire official said.
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At Least 140 Buildings On Fire In Wind-Swept Blaze In Japan
A restaurant fire whipped by high winds spread to at least 140 buildings Thursday in a small Japanese city on the Japan Sea coast.
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Major fire at ironworks in central Japan
A fire engulfed a steel plant in central Japan on Friday, days after a deadly blast hit another plant in the region.
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Fire at Japan hospital kills ten, injures five more
A fire that ripped through a hospital in Japan as patients slept killed 10 elderly people on Friday and prompted government demands for safety reviews across the country.
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Japan extracts 'fire ice' gas from seabed
Japan said on Tuesday it had successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as "fire ice", from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years' worth of gas for the resource-starved country.
