Fire boats battle a blaze at the Cosmo Oil facility in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture on March 12, 2011
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Cars, which were swept together by a tsunami then caught fire, are seen after an earthquake in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture March 12, 2011
A factory facility burns following an earthquake and tsunami in the Sendai area (Tagajo City)
Fires burn in the port area of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture
Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture
Natural gas storage tanks burn at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city, Chiba Prefecture