Toyama, May 19 (News On Japan) –
Flames tore via a temple in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, on May sixteenth, destroying the primary corridor of Daioji Temple, which has a historical past courting again round 570 years, whereas close by gravestones glowed crimson within the intense blaze.
Video from the scene confirmed towering flames and thick black smoke rising into the evening sky as the hearth engulfed the temple grounds. Gravestones standing close by have been illuminated by the hearth.
The blaze broke out at Daioji Temple in Takaoka on the evening of May sixteenth. The temple’s foremost corridor and different constructions have been utterly destroyed, and the hearth additionally unfold to close by buildings.
The fireplace was extinguished round 9 hours later, and no accidents have been reported.
A close-by resident mentioned: “Huge black smoke was rising into the air, and as I kept watching, the pillars of fire kept getting bigger and bigger. At its worst, the flames rising above the roof were so large it looked as if another building had been standing on top. You could feel the heat from where we were, and it was very frightening.”
Daioji Temple, based in 1453, had beforehand been destroyed by fireplace throughout the Meiji period earlier than its foremost corridor was rebuilt. The rebuilt corridor was utterly misplaced within the newest fireplace.
Meanwhile, 4 nationally designated Important Cultural Property Buddhist work owned by the temple have been unhurt, as that they had been saved on the Takaoka Art Museum.
Police and firefighters are investigating the reason for the hearth and the extent of the injury.
Source: FNN