Police investigators inspecting an explosion site caused by a gas cylinder at Fukuchiyama in Kyoto. More than 50 people were injured by the explosion just before a fireworks display. - AFP
TOKYO: Japanese police are investigating the cause of an explosion at a fireworks festival which left at least 59 people injured including some with serious burns when it ripped through the crowded site.
Witnesses recounted seeing victims, including children, screaming as they rolled on the ground to try to put out the flames, while the thousands who had gathered for the Thursday night festival fled in panic.
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