Tokyo, June 19, 2026 (AFP) - Fire breaks out at Tokyo primary school, injuring at least one

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2026-06-19

A fire broke out at an elementary school in Tokyo on Friday, injuring at least one person, but all children and staff were evacuated safely, Japanese 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 northern ward of Kita. A fire department official told AFP that efforts to fully extinguish the blaze were still underway, and at least one pe......

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