Gas explosion in northern Japan

Gas explosion in northern Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 17, 2018, shows the site of a suspected gas explosion that occurred the previous evening in a commercial district in Sapporo, the capital of the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, collapsing wooden buildings housing various shops and leaving 42 people injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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