Published: 14:35, May 24, 2025 | Updated: 14:36, May 24, 2025
Fire near Tokyo's Haneda airport extinguished after delaying flights
By Xinhua
Aircraft of All Nippon Airways are pictured at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Aug 16, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

TOKYO - A fire that broke out at a factory near Tokyo's Haneda Airport was almost completely put out Saturday morning after causing delays to some flights, local media reported.

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The fire department received an emergency call at around 5 p.m. local time Friday about the blaze on a conveyor belt in the industrial waste-related facility, Kyodo News reported.

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The fire burned the second through fourth floors of the four-story building, which is located in an industrial area about 2 kilometers north of Japan's busiest airport, the report said.

Authorities said over 100 fire trucks were dispatched and a firefighter had suffered smoke inhalation, but his life was not in danger.