「二度と火災起こさない」　消防が早朝訓練―首里城火災３年

　首里城の正殿などが焼失した火災から３年となる３１日、那覇市消防局などが首里城公園で消防訓練を実施した。再建工事に使う木材を置く倉庫からの出火を想定し、消火活動の手順などを確認した。
　訓練は午前５時半に開始し、消防士ら約２１０人と消防車両８台が参加した。倉庫２階で木材が燃えているとの通報を受け、駆け付けた消防隊が放水。来園者の避難誘導やけが人の救護訓練も実施した。
　首里城公園の整備などを担当する国営沖縄記念公園事務所の平塚勇司所長は「二度と火災を起こしてはいけない重い責任がある。緊張感を持って対応していきたい」と話した。（2022/10/31-10:19）

A fire drill was held Monday at a park in the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, where a fire heavily damaged Shuri Castle, a local landmark, three years ago.
   The drill, which took place at Shurijo Castle Park in the prefectural capital of Naha from 5:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. GMT Sunday), was joined by roughly 210 people including firefighters as well as eight firetrucks.
   The participants confirmed the process of extinguishing a fire under the scenario that a blaze started in a warehouse storing lumber to be used in the reconstruction of the castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
   In the drill, local fire authorities received a report that lumber is burning on the second floor of the warehouse, and firefighters rushed to the site and sprayed water. They also practiced guiding park visitors to safety and treating injured people.
   "We have a strong duty to never cause a fire again," Yuji Hiratsuka, head of the office that maintains the park, said. "We will prepare with a sense of alertness."