Fire breaks out at hazmat facility at US air base on Okinawa

A fire broke out on Monday in a storage building for hazardous materials at a major US air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, slightly injuring dozens of personnel who were exposed to smoke or chlorine gas, the US military said. The blaze began in the morning in the building at Kadena Air Base and was extinguished several hours later, the US Air Force said.