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TOKYO (majirox news) — Firefighters across the Tohoku Region have reported numerous outbreaks of blazes from piles of rubble accumulated from the wreckage left by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region.
Experts have urged authorities to categorize rubble and pile it separately to avoid it bursting into flames. Masashide Wakakura, an advisor to the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said there could be a variety of reasons for the piles of wreckage to spontaneously combust, including bacterial activity or heat created by metals reacting to water.
Originally posted by pryingopen3rdeye
im absolutely shocked there are zero images online of this
yes i did just google for it,
went through every image uploaded in the last 6 days with the keywords japan fire, nothing relating to this issue
pictures are the easiest way to grasp the magnitude of a situationedit on 9/19/11 by pryingopen3rdeye because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Human0815
Inside of this Rubble is all kind of Garbage from the Tsunami and ...... .......
a lot of Radioactive Waste!
Originally posted by alfa1
Originally posted by Human0815
Inside of this Rubble is all kind of Garbage from the Tsunami and ...... .......
a lot of Radioactive Waste!
The article specifically says the fires are in Miyagi prefecture.
NOT Fukushima prefecture.
Provide evidence for your fearmongering assertion of radioactive waste or admit you're a liar.
Originally posted by Subterranean7
There is no appreciable radioactivity within the burning rubble. Just imbeciles on this forum not able to read the news story proplerly, or believing everything thats spoon-fed to them. Nothing to see here (again) so no pictures to be found. Who'd take a picture of some burning rubble and put it online?
Smoke has been reported emerging from wreckage at a further 13 sites. The fires are apparently being caused by bacteria in the organic debris or metal reacting with water, fuel or other chemicals that were released when the tsunami - which in places reached a height of 132 feet - swept through these communities.
In many places, pools of oil are still visible in areas that are being cleared, while tens of thousands of vehicles are leaking fuel where they have been piled atop one another as they wait to be taken away to be recycled. The heat of the summer months have also served to dry out wood, paper, foam and other combustible materials that are being collected together.