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                Foam Snarls Tokyo Streets After Traffic Accident

   by VOA News

   A traffic accident in Tokyo resulted in thick mounds of
   fire-extinguishing foam spilling on to a major downtown street,
   snarling traffic for both motorists and pedestrians.
   Firefighters shoveled, kicked and poured water on the waist-deep foam
   in an attempt to clear the area.
   Tokyo police told The Associated Press news service a 58-year-old truck
   driver accidentally drove into a pipe connected to a fire sprinkler
   about midday Thursday. The broken pipe released heaps of foam across
   the parking lot and onto the street outside the store.
   The man was driving in a parking area connected to a discount store in
   Tokyo's busy Katsushika ward.
   Firefighters spent nearly two-and-a-half hours cleaning the site.
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