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Fire erupts at Japan's Shuri Castle www.upi.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 9 months ago

The cause of the fire that broke out at Shuri Castle in Naha, Japan, is still unknown and there is no report of injury.
Photo by Hitoshi Maeshiro/EPA-EFEA fire started at Shuri Castle in Naha, a castle in Okinawa listed as a World Heritage site, destroying major buildings of the castle complex on Thursday.
Photo by Hitoshi Maeshiro/EPA-EFEOct. 30 (UPI) -- The main building of Shuri Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Okinawa, Japan, has burned down in a predawn fire, authorities said.
Local police said the main hall and a nearby building have been destroyed, and a third building is still burning, Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported.
Mikiko Shiroma, the mayor of the Okinawa capital of Naha, told reporters she was saddened by the castle's destruction.