Overview
- The blaze began in a fourth-floor music room during a fifth-grade class and was reported at 10:58 a.m. on Friday, prompting an immediate alarm and evacuation.
- All students and staff were evacuated with no one left trapped and roughly 300–360 people removed from the building, according to local broadcasters and education officials.
- Ten people, including eight children and two teachers, were treated for injuries mainly from smoke inhalation and taken to hospital; no fatalities have been reported.
- Firefighters brought the fire under control in about an hour after a large response that media reports said involved dozens of engines and other vehicles and left about 200 square metres charred.
- The Metropolitan Police and the Kita Ward Board of Education are investigating the cause and the incident has led officials to suspend classes and review school safety procedures.