TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's space agency has halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, after a fire broke out at the test site, the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.
Footage from public broadcaster NHK showed a blaze breaking out shortly after the ground combustion test started, and an explosion was also heard. It was not immediately clear if the fire caused any damage.
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