Dozens of firefighters scrambled to battle the blaze at Tsukiji's outer market, which is crowded with small shops and restaurants, but local media said there were no immediate reports of injuries. The fire broke out at a three-story building around 4:50 pm (0750 GMT), burning around 200 square metres (2,150 square feet) of the area, public broadcaster NHK said. "So I called managers and had everyone evacuated from our restaurants," Kimura told AFP. The fire comes after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said in June that the fish market will be moved to a new location. Koike said last summer that the current site would eventually be redeveloped to capitalise on Tsukiji's globally recognised brand.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 03, 2017 11:48 UTC