Challenges such as measures to prevent the fire from Shurijo Castle from repeating once a year 6:01 on October 31

It's been 31 days since the fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa.

While preparations have begun for the reconstruction of the "Shoden" that was lost in the fire by six years later, it has become a major issue to review fire prevention measures and management systems to prevent large-scale fires from repeating again. ..

In the large-scale fire at Shurijo Castle that occurred before dawn on October 31, last year, six buildings including the "Shoden" were completely destroyed, and police and fire departments are likely to have trouble with the electrical system regarding the cause of the fire. We concluded that the cause could not be identified.



The government plans to start construction of the main building of the main hall in 2022 next year and aim to rebuild it by 2026. Currently, concrete studies are underway on the sources of wood and red roof tiles used for buildings. I will.



The amount of support money sent to Okinawa Prefecture and Naha City for reconstruction has reached more than 5 billion yen so far.



On the other hand, a third-party committee of Okinawa Prefecture, which is considering measures to prevent the recurrence of fires, pointed out in an interim report last month that it was not possible to actually extinguish the initial fire due to lack of training of security guards assuming a nighttime fire. However, it is a big issue to review fire prevention measures and management system so that large-scale fires will not be repeated again.



At Shuri Castle, the annual Shuri Castle Festival will be held on the 31st, and many people are expected to visit various events such as the performance of traditional performing arts, and people think about the reconstruction of the first year after the fire. It's going to be a new day.