Firefighters inspect the apartment building where the explosion occurred. - Photo: courtesy of a resident
SAITAMA, (Japan): A man was rushed to the hospital and passersby were injured by pieces of glass from a shattered window after an explosion occurred in an apartment building in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday (July 18) evening, according to police.
According to the Saitama prefectural police, the explosion occurred in a room on the third floor of a 15-story apartment building.
The hospitalised man had been in the room but was conscious when he was taken to the hospital.
Police plan to interview him, as they believe he knows something about the incident.
Residents of all 75 households in the apartment building evacuated to a nearby junior high school.
The apartment building is about 150 meters southeast of JR Nishi-Kawaguchi Station. - The Japan News/ANN
