Fire breaks out near Tokyo’s Haneda airport, affects some flights

TOKYO, May 23 (Kyodo/APP): A fire broke out at a factory near Haneda airport in Tokyo on Friday afternoon, causing delays to some departure flights, according to the transport ministry and the local fire department.

No injuries have been reported so far from the fire reported at about 5 p.m., the Tokyo Fire Department said. The blaze appears to have burned the second floor of the four-story building, located in an industrial area about 2 kilometers north of Japan’s busiest passenger airport.

An emergency caller told authorities a conveyor belt had caught fire, according to the fire department.