![[Broadcasting video]Fire and collapse in the center of Ishikawa Wajima City, over 50 buildings spread | NHK](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240102/K10014306571_2401020710_0102071207_01_03.jpg "[Broadcasting video]Fire and collapse in the center of Ishikawa Wajima City, over 50 buildings spread | NHK")
More than 12 hours have handed for the reason that hearth broke out in Kawai Town, within the heart of Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the first, when shaking with a seismic depth of 6+ was noticed, and efforts to extinguish the hearth are nonetheless persevering with.
According to the hearth division, the hearth occurred close to Asaichi Street, a well known vacationer attraction, and it’s believed that greater than 50 buildings, together with retailers and residences, have been destroyed up to now.
The hearth division continues to extinguish the hearth and is at the moment assessing the extent of human harm.
Footage taken by an NHK helicopter round 6:50 a.m. exhibits the constructing collapsing from its basis. The constructing was mendacity on its aspect going through the highway, and ambulances and different personnel had been working close by. You also can see flames and smoke spreading over a large space. It was additionally confirmed that buildings within the surrounding space had collapsed over a large space.