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Fire found near the common incineration facility on the west side of reactor5
On 7/2/2013, Tepco’s subcontract company worker found temporarily placed waste catching fire near the common incineration facility on the west side of reactor5.
The private fire brigade started extinguishing the fire about 30 minutes after they found it. It was confirmed to be extinguished about 10 minutes later.
The waste to have burnt was cardboard. The fire spread 4m, 2m and 1m height. The reason of why cardboard spontaneously caught fire is not verified.
Tepco has published two press releases in Japanese, but only one press release was published in Japanese by now.
The only English press release is below,
Around 12:48 PM today (July 2), a corporate company worker found temporarily placed waste catching fire near the common incineration facility at Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
A first-aid fire fighting is being performed and the fire was reported to the fire department at 12:54 PM.
No abnormality on the plant data (reactor injection water amount, spent fuel pool water temperature, etc.) and no significant change in the monitoring post data have been found.
There has been no injury reported due to the incident.The situation of the fire will be announced as soon as it is reported.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2013/1228651_5130.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1228649_5117.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1228648_5117.html
Iori Mochizuki Don’t let them dominate the truth just because they have money.Source: http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/07/fire-found-near-the-common-incineration-facility-in-fukushima-nuclear-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fire-found-near-the-common-incineration-facility-in-fukushima-nuclear-plant
