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Ancient Buddhist hall with 1,000-year-old ‘eternal flame’ burns in Japan

A historic Buddhist hall on Miyajima Island burned to the ground after a fire broke out near Mount Misen in western Japan.

Aerial footage showed flames and smoke engulfing Reikado Hall before the structure was left charred and destroyed.

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