Emergency check of fire hydrant at Nagoya Castle Shuri Castle Fire Receiving November 7 10:59

Following the fire of Shuri Castle in Naha City, Nagoya Castle was urgently inspected for fire hydrants installed around the restored Honmaru Goten on the 6th.

The Nagoya Castle General Office in Nagoya City and fire fighting staff participated in the emergency inspection following the fire at Shuri Castle.

In the inspection, one of the six fire hydrants installed around the building was used to extinguish the fire when the fire broke out at the Honmaru Goten, and one of the hydrants was connected to actually discharge the water.

In addition, assuming that a fire broke out at Honmaru Palace where no sprinklers were installed, staff and security guards confirmed the fire extinguishing procedure using a fire extinguisher for training.

Mamoru Murano, Nagoya Castle General Office, said, “No problems have been found in previous inspections, but we will continue to conduct daily training and carefully check the electrical system.” It was.

In response to the fire of Shuri Castle, Nagoya City is considering new fire prevention measures to restore the wooden castle tower of Nagoya Castle.