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Roppongi building fire injures 3 people Explosion during degassing of spray cans

On the morning of the 16th, a fire broke out from a six-story building in downtown Roppongi, Tokyo, injuring three people. The Metropolitan Police Department and others are investigating the situation in detail, as it is believed that an explosion occurred during the work of removing gas from the spray can in the building.

At around 10:45 am on the 16th, fire departments and others were notified that a building in Roppongi, Minato Ward had a broken window and was on fire.

According to the Tokyo Fire Department, 29 fire engines worked to extinguish the fire, and the fire was almost extinguished after about two and a half hours, but about 25 square meters of the second floor of the six-story building was burned.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, an employee of a real estate company entering the building is believed to have exploded while removing gas from a spray can. It means that three people, including the male manager, were injured such as burns.

Police and others are investigating the situation.

The site is a building that houses company offices, etc., and is located in a downtown area with housing complexes and restaurants near Roppongi 1-chome Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line.

Loud “duh” sound

Around 10:50 am on the 16th, in Minato-ku, Tokyo, in the video taken by a woman who lives nearby, black smoke is rising from around the lower floors of the building.

According to the woman who took the picture, there was a fairly loud sound around 10:50 am, and there was a shock that made the apartment at home shake a little.

About five minutes later, the siren of a fire engine was heard, and the woman said, “Black smoke was rising up to about the 15th floor of a nearby building. White smoke is still rising.” rice field.

People in the same building “I heard the explosion multiple times”

A woman in her 50s, who was in the same building when the fire broke out, said, “I heard multiple explosions, so when I looked outside, it looked like the room below had been blown out from inside, and the window glass of the opposite building. When I hurriedly evacuated and looked at the building, I could see fire and smoke, so I realized the scale of the situation.”

“Shards of glass scattered on the second floor”

A man in his 60s who was in the same building said, “After the loud noise, I heard voices from around me saying, ‘Escape, escape,’ so I hurriedly evacuated using the emergency stairs. I was talking.

A man who lives nearby “A great impact sound, the window glass breaks even in the building where I live”

A man in his 50s who lives nearby said, “It was a tremendous impact sound. It looked like fire was coming out of the second floor of the building, and black smoke was rising up to the fourth floor. The building where I live was also affected by the impact. Or, the window glass is broken in several places.”

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