Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant catches fire, no leakage

By Xinhua

Tokyo : A fire broke out Thursday on the roof of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata prefecture and was put out half an hour later, Kyodo News said.

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The fire started from a power cable of a makeshift air conditioner at the building of the number one reactor around 10.50 a.m., the report said quoting Tokyo Electric Power Company.

According to the company, employees extinguished the fire around half an hour later. No one was injured and there were no radiation leaks.

The power plant attracted much attention after a major quake shook the area in July, which led to fire and radioactive material leakage in the plant and raised safety concerns among the public.