A fire that broke out at a primary school in Tokyo on Friday, injuring eight pupils and two teachers before being extinguished, authorities said.
The fire was reported around 11am, according to the local fire department. It started in a room next to the music room on the top floor of Takinogawa Dai-san Elementary School in the Kita area of the Japanese capital.
It was extinguished at around 1.45pm, with 75 fire engines and dozens of firefighters at the scene.
Most of the injured suffered from inhaling smoke, the department said. One teacher broke her hip and two children had fractured arms. Firefighters rescued one teacher and three schoolchildren out of the building with non-life-threatening injuries.
About 340 students attend the ward-run school, according to its website. Classes were being held when the fire broke out and fifth-grade pupils were receiving a lesson in the music room.
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