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Dramatic rescue as fire rips through school in Japan

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Eyewitness video shows dozens of schoolchildren forced onto a narrow window ledge after a fire broke out at a primary school in Tokyo. More than 300 pupils and staff were evacuated as flames and black smoke poured from classroom windows.

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