TOKYO: A fire that broke out at an elementary school in Tokyo on Friday injured around 10 people, including children, media reports said. Thick black smoke billowed from a top-floor window after the blaze reportedly started in a music room at Takinogawa Dai-san School in the Kita area of the Japanese capital. All pupils and staff were evacuated safely and the blaze was extinguished after around three hours, with 75 fire engines and dozens of firefighters at the scene.

19日午前11時ごろ、東京都北区滝野川1丁目の区立滝野川第三小学校の音楽室から火が出ていると119番通報があった。東京消防庁によると、4階が激しく燃え、約1時間後に火はほぼ消し止められたが、4階の約…

Officials say a fire broke out at an elementary school in downtown Tokyo, but that all of the roughly 300 students and teachers were evacuated or rescued

Authorities say all 300 students and teachers safely accounted for