5/27/2011 | Fire at another TEPCO nuclear plant in NE Japan

Source: AP
Date: 5/27/2011

TOKYO - THE operator of Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear power complex says a fire broke out at another of its plants, but that it was quickly extinguished and there were no fears of a radiation leak.


Mr Takeo Iwamoto, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co, said a fire broke out Friday at a building at the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant. The complex is located about 12kme south of Tepco's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

Mr Iwamoto said the fire was extinguished within minutes, and that the company was investigating the cause. No one was injured.


Tepco spokesman Naoyuki Matsumoto says there was no fear of a radiation leak due to the fire.
March's massive earthquake and tsunami crippled Fukushima Daiichi and caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.