Fire breaks out in compound of U.S. Navy ammunition depot in Nagasaki

Fire breaks out in compound of U.S. Navy ammunition depot in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woodworking facility at the Maehata ammunition depot of the U.S. Navy in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, belches black smoke on Oct. 21. No request for help has been made to the Sasebo fire department by the U.S. military, which said the facility is located far from where ammunitions are stored, the fire department and police said.

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