More than 42 people suffered injuries in a massive explosion at a bar in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on Sunday
SAPPORA, Japan – More than 42 people suffered injuries in a massive explosion at a bar in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on Sunday.
The large explosion, which led to a number of buildings in the area to collapse, occurred at 8.30 pm local time on Sunday (11.30 am GMT) in Sapporo, which is the capital city of Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido.
Authorities quoted in Japan’s Kyodo news agency said that the blast ripped through a two-storey building that featured the Izakaya bar in the Toyohira district of Sapporo.
The explosion, which caused widespread alarm in the city, especially in the vicinity of the bar – left 42 people injured, with one of them being in a critical condition.
