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TOKYO (AFP)
A fire that broke out at an elementary school in Tokyo on Friday injured around 10 people, including children, media reports said.
Thick black smoke billowed from a top-floor window after the blaze reportedly started in a music room at Takinogawa Dai-san School in the Kita area of the Japanese capital.
All pupils and staff were evacuated safely and the blaze was extinguished after around three hours, with 75 fire engines and dozens of firefighters at the scene.
Most of the 10 injured suffered from smoke inhalation, Kyodo News reported, adding that four people had to be rescued from inside the school building.
One witness told how children escaped out of windows to a concrete ledge below, before fire crews brought them to safety using ladders.
