Fire at nuclear plant extinguished From correspondents in Tokyo From: AP March 15, 2011 3:01PM JAPAN'S nuclear safety agency says a fire in a reactor at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan has been extinguished. The fire broke out today at the Fukushima No.1 plant in one of the hardest-hit provinces in Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
Radiation is meanwhile spewing from the plant in a dramatic escalation of the four-day-old catastrophe, forcing the government to tell people nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure.
In a nationally televised statement, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation had spread from four damaged reactors at the plant, telling people living within 30km of the complex to stay indoors to avoid radiation sickness.
