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A fire on Miyajima Island gutted Reikado Hall, a centuries-old Shingon Buddhist site home to a 1,200-year-old eternal flame linked to Kukai and Hiroshima’s Flame of Peace. The flame was moved to a safe location before the hall collapsed; no one was injured, and Daisho-in temple plans to rebuild while investigators probe the blaze.
A hall linked to Buddhist saint Kukai on Miyajima island in Hiroshima burned to the ground, along with a nearby hut, after a fire spread to surrounding woodland but was brought under control about two hours after an 8:30 a.m. emergency call; no injuries were reported. The Reikado hall houses the eternal flame that historically seed-fired the Flame of Peace at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, and temple officials said the flame has been moved to a different location. The hall previously burned in 2005 but the flame was preserved.
A man in Paris was arrested after being filmed lighting a cigarette from the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe, an act widely condemned as desecration. The 47-year-old Moroccan resident acknowledged the act, which could lead to criminal charges and potential revocation of his residency permit, as France considers strict penalties for vandalizing war memorials.