Japan Quake Forces Evacuation Near Reactor; Oil Refinery Burns
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Residents near a Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear reactor were ordered to evacuate because of a possible radiation leak as Japan’s strongest earthquake in a century shut power plants and oil refineries.
About 5,800 residents living within 3 kilometers (2 miles) of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 1 reactor were ordered to leave their homes, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. Residents within 10 kilometers were told to stay indoors.