Plant fire nearly extinguished, evacuees return home.

Japan Weekly Monitor, March, 2002

NOBEOKA, Japan, March 13 Kyodo

Firefighters nearly extinguished a fire at the nylon fiber plant of Asahi Kasei Corp. in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, early Wednesday, and evacuated local residents were allowed to return home, police and firefighters said.

The firefighters said the fire was under control at around 2:30 a.m., nine hours after it broke out. City officials lifted an evacuation ...