In Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, on the afternoon of the 4th, a fire broke out from a factory and spread to nearby houses and mountains, and firefighters are continuing to extinguish the fire.
According to the fire department, there are currently no reports of injuries or escape delays due to the fire.
Around 1:10 pm on the 4th, the fire department received a report that ``the outdoor plastic plate was burning'' at the factory at the foot of the mountain in Tsumaki-cho, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture.
In the video taken by NHK about 20 minutes after the report, black smoke was blown up with a ferocious force, and the factory was engulfed in fire.
About 10 firefighters, including pump trucks, were dispatched to extinguish the fire, but the fire spread from the factory building to several nearby houses and the mountain behind the factory. It's been a while and it's still going on.
According to the fire department, there are currently no reports of injuries or escape delays due to the fire.
According to police, the factory is doing work such as crushing plastic for export, but it is not known whether the factory was operating when the fire broke out.
Firefighters are rushing to extinguish the fire while preventing further spread of the fire.