Diksia.com - Tokyo, The big explosion in Shinbashi, Tokyo was not a terrorist attack, but a normal gas explosion at a restaurant there.
“Four people were seriously injured in the explosion. Accident at restaurant due to gas leak. This is not a terrorism, just the result of a gas leak,” a police officer said this afternoon, from a source (3/ 3) July 2023).
On the afternoon of July 3, 2023, an explosion occurred at a restaurant that invaded a two-story building in Shimbashi, Tokyo, injuring four people, including a clerk and a passerby.
The restaurant manager, who is still in the hospital, said, “I lit a match to inhale the smoke and it exploded at that moment.”
At around 3:15 pm on July 3, 2023, a passerby reported that a two-story building in Shimbashi, Minato Ward, Tokyo, had exploded and smoke was leaking out.
The fire exploded at a restaurant on the second floor of the building, and was extinguished about three hours after firefighters carried out fire extinguishing activities.
The explosion injured four people: a male store manager in his 50s, a female employee in her 50s, and a male passerby in her 50s and 70s.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, although all were conscious, four were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
In addition, due to the impact of this explosion, there are damages such as damage to 7 surrounding buildings and 2 cars.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the restaurant was preparing to open at the time, and the manager of the restaurant where the fire broke out said, “It smelled like gas and sewage. there was an explosion.”
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the situation, assuming that it may have been filled with flammable gas and leaked and ignited.
The site is an area where companies and restaurants gather about 300 meters west of JR Shimbashi Station.
The man who posted the video on social media said, “Suddenly there was an explosion, and when I looked at the road, things were scattered over a wide area. After that, smoke gradually rose.”
