(いずもし)

Izumo City

(しょうてんがい)

shopping district, shopping street

(かじ)

fire (accident)

(よる)

night

(しまねけん)

Shimane Prefecture

(ひ)

fire

(ふるい)

old (things)

(みせ)

shop, store

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(けむり)

smoke

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ちかく)

nearby

(ひと)

person / people

(そと)

outside

(にげる)

to flee / to escape

(けが)

injury

(しょうぼうしゃ)

fire engine

(くる)

to come

(けす)

to extinguish, to turn off

(りゆう)

reason; cause

(まだ)

still; yet

(わかる)

to understand

(けいさつ)

police

(しらべる)

to investigate / check

there is / was ~

Used to report the occurrence of an earthquake — 'there was a magnitude 6 strong earthquake'.

from (a source/origin)

から marks the origin from which the fire came out (古い店から出ました).

and then / -te form linking actions

The te-form connects sequential actions, e.g. smoke coming out and people fleeing (出て…にげました), or the fire engine coming and putting out the fire (来て…消しました).

has not ~ / is not ~ing

Negative te-iru form expressing that an action has not taken place or a state doesn't exist. Rain has not fallen.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

出雲市の商店街で火事があった

A fire broke out in a shopping district in Izumo City

6月24日の夜、島根県出雲市の商店街で火事がありました。

On the night of June 24, a fire occurred in a shopping district in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture.

火は古い店から出ました。

The fire started from an old shop.

けむりがたくさん出て、近くの人は外ににげました。

A lot of smoke came out, and nearby people fled outside.

けがをした人はいませんでした。

There was no one who was injured.

消防車が来て、火を消しました。

Fire engines came and put out the fire.

火事の理由は、まだわかっていません。

The cause of the fire is still not known.

けいさつがしらべています。

The police are investigating.