Overview

• An emergency call reported black smoke around 9:10 a.m. local time at a demolition site in Tokyo’s Ota Ward near Haneda Airport.
• The fire began near the roof of a hangar being dismantled, with police citing preliminary accounts of workers cutting steel framework with burners.
• More than 30 fire trucks responded, and firefighters largely contained the blaze roughly two hours after the call.
• Authorities reported no injuries or missing persons, and the transport ministry said airport operations saw no major impact.
• About 900 square meters of roof area burned at the hangar, located roughly 1.2 kilometers northwest of Terminal 3, which is owned by Airport Facilities Co.