Many Homeless in Matsuzaka Fire
Over 5,000 persons were made homeless when 800 homes and other establishments burned in the worst fire in 58 years in Matsuzaka, Japan, on Dec. 16, 1951, according to reports from Toshinga Kawato, Chief of Secretariate, Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department, Tokyo, Japan.
According to Principal Harukiclii Xagai of the grammar school where the fire originated, the cause was suspected to be "cigarette butts carelessly left by one of the lovers who usually use the auditorium at night."
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