TOKYO, July 3 (Xinhua) — Four individuals have been injured after an explosion happened on Monday afternoon close to Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan.
The explosion was reported at round 3:15 p.m. native time as a fireplace broke out in an eight-story constructing some 300 meters away from the centrally situated JR Shimbashi Station, based on the native police division.
According to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, 4 individuals suffered minor accidents, who have been two passersby and two staff of the restaurant the place the explosion reportedly happened.
At the time of the accident, Xinhua reporters heard the blast whereas driving previous an intersection lower than 50 meters away from the scene, after which noticed a whole lot of fragments flying out of a room on the second ground of the constructing.
A burst of smoke was noticed within the room accompanied by a slight odor of gasoline earlier than the quick unfold of the hearth, the reporters mentioned.
The reporters noticed three injured individuals escaping by way of the emergency exit on website, with their hair and garments partly burned.
According to the hearth division, the second and third flooring of the constructing have been burned down, with some 31 engines dispatched to extinguish the hearth.
The space, residence to many places of work and eating places, was 300 meters to the west of JR Shimbashi Station, considered one of Tokyo’s main interchange railway stations and solely 10 minutes’ stroll from the Ginza purchasing district.
The reason behind the accident continues to be beneath investigation.