Fire Destroys Sacred Buddhist Hall in Japan that Housed ‘Eternal Flame’

The flame, which spiritual leaders say has been continuously lit for more 1,200 years, was salvaged after the blaze and moved to a different site.

By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno · The New York Times – World

The flame, which spiritual leaders say has been continuously lit for more 1,200 years, was salvaged after the blaze and moved to a different site.