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Press Release (May 27,2011)
Fire at the Reactor Building Annex Area, Unit 1, Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station
At approximately 10:01 am, May 27th, 2011, a fire was found at the 
distribution switchboard for lighting located in the power panel room for 
the high pressure core spray system on the first basement level of the 
Reactor Building Annex Area of Unit 1 which has been shutdown. At 10:04 am,
workers of a partner company extinguished the fire and the operator of 
TEPCO confirmed it. Afterward, at 10:08 am, we reported it to the fire 
station.
The fire station will conduct a site confirmation.

There were no injured persons from this incident.
There was no impact in terms of the external release of radioactive 
substances from this incident. 
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