A fire broke out at JAXA's Tanegashima space center in Tanegashima, Japan, during a test of an Epsilon S rocket. No casualties were reported.
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The fire occurred during a burn test, which was attended by journalists about 600 meters away. According to reports, before the explosion, flames erupted from the rocket engine which had been placed on a horizontal platform.
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