Fire Erupts During Demolition of Quake-Damaged Chimney at Paper Factory in Japan – WTOP News
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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.
A fire broke out in a chimney being dismantled at Nippon Paper Industries' Yatsushiro Plant, which was damaged in the Kumamoto earthquake. Fortunately, there were no injuries. In the July earthquake, the chimney collapsed at the Yatsushiro Plant, killing nine people, including employees, and dismantling work had been underway. According to Nippon Paper Industries, the cause of the fire is currently unknown, and they stated, "We deeply apologize …
On the images published on X we see how the flames come out of the smoke basket of the factory, but also a cloud of black smoke that rises to the sky. The damaged, 80 meters high basket. According to the firefighters, the alert was given by one of the employees of the Nippon Paper Industries factory, who announced that the fire broke out during the demolition work, according to Associated Press. The workers were trying to demolish the broken tip…
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