Video footage aired by public broadcaster NHK showed flames through the windows of the shattered second floor of the building, located in the Shinbashi area of the Japanese capital.
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but witnesses said they had smelled gas prior to hearing the explosion.An injured person is transported from the site of an apparent explosion near Shimbashi station in Tokyo, Japan on July 3, 2023.“I’d just got to work and was starting preparations when there was a really loud explosion,” said Shinobu Nakagawa, a 26-year-old restaurant worker, who works on the first floor of the building.
Debris is scattered on the ground following an explosion in a building in Tokyo, Japan on July 3, 2023.Rescuers work at the site of an apparent explosion near Shimbashi station in Tokyo,Japan on July 3, 2023.The area where the explosion occurred is near a railway station and packed with bars and restaurants popular with office workers.
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