Japan Shuri castle fire: blaze engulfs revered world heritage site www.theguardian.com

Flames engulfed Shuri castle, a Unesco world heritage site located in the island’s capital Naha, at around 2:40 am and quickly spread to other buildings in the complex, local police said.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at Shuri Castle, listed as a world heritage site, in Naha on the southern island of Okinawa.
While the cause is unknown, the blaze is believed to have started in the castle’s main structure.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Shuri castle was largely destroyed in the second world war before being restored and reopened as a national park in 1992.
Thanks to the faithful nature of the postwar reconstruction, Shuri castle was registered as a world heritage site in 2000 along with the surrounding complex and other Ryukyu sites in the region.