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Summary A fire broke out at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after earthquake.
A worker saw fire at a building near the No. 4 reactor at around 6:45 a.m and a fire fighting unit of the Self Defence Forces was sent to fight the blaze, a TEPCO spokesman said.News of the fire came only minutes after a 6.3 aftershock struck off the coast of Chiba, 77 km (48 miles) northwest of Tokyo. An aftershock measuring 6.6 quake hit Fukushima prefecture on Monday (April 11) evening temporarily cutting power and forcing workers to evacuate the nuclear plant.Japans Nuclear Industry and Safety Agency (NISA) said the Fukushima aftershock, which killed one man and knocked out power to 220,000 households, did not damage the nuclear plant.Japan has been battling to bring under control the plant damaged severely by last months devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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