Fire destroys historic 500-year-old Shuri Castle in Japan

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A fire burned down all the main structures of Shurijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Okinawa Island just before 2:40 am on Thursday (October 31).

The video captures the destruction caused and footage of firefighters working to extinguish the flames completely on the same afternoon.

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