[TOKYO] Strolling around the Senju-Yanagicho district of Adachi Ward, Tokyo, which is densely packed with wooden houses, one can sense that warnings of an inferno erupting if a major earthquake strikes Tokyo are no exaggeration.

The narrow streets dividing each block are five to six metres wide, barely enough for cars to pass in this district near JR Kita-Senju Station.

The Tokyo metropolitan government has judged this area to have the highest risk of fire after an earthquake.