Emergency meeting at Shurijo Castle fire in Kyoto's “World Heritage” October 31 13:33
Following the fire of Shuri Castle in Okinawa, an emergency meeting was held at Nijo Castle, a World Heritage Site in Kyoto, where fire fighters and the Agency for Cultural Affairs attended to discuss fire prevention measures.
Nijo Castle in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, built by Ieyasu Tokugawa, owns and holds many cultural properties including the national treasure of the wooden building, Ninomaru Palace, and was registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 1994.
In Nijo Castle, an emergency meeting was held in response to the fire of Shuri Castle that occurred at dawn on the 31st. About 40 people attended.
In the meeting, the person in charge at Nijo Castle explained the installation status of fire extinguishing equipment on the premises and the method of periodic inspections, and the person in charge at the temple and shrine in Kyoto city quickly checked the fire prevention system at night after the fire at Shuri Castle I was reporting.
And the fire department staff called out, “In order to protect cultural assets, it is important to arrange fire prevention management such as early detection, initial fire extinguishing, and prompt notification, and to continue inspection and maintenance. It was.
Participants then went around the site and checked the facilities for initial fire extinguishing, such as fire extinguishers and hoses.