Fire Engulfs Japan’s Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site in Okinawa

Fire Engulfs Japan’s Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site in Okinawa
Shuri Castle, listed as a World Heritage site, goes up in flames, in Naha on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 31, 2019. Kyodo/via Reuters
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TOKYO—A fire has destroyed much of Shuri Castle, a World Heritage site on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, with its main hall reduced to a skeleton.

Television footage showed firefighters still battling flames at the multi-structured, wooden castle on Thursday morning. Emergency responders received the first call about the fire around 2:47 a.m. (1747 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said.