Details of the deadly restaurant explosion in Japan

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Tragic times never knock they bring the havoc when you least expect it. Its a shocking and saddening time in Japan where a huge explosion and fire has hit a restaurant in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.

Japanese police say 41 people were injured in the explosion, with one of them in a serious condition.

The cause of the explosion in the Toyohira district is not yet known. Some reports suggested a gas blast.

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Images on social media initially showed flames rising from the area with debris all around, and later firefighters tackling collapsed buildings.

Police sealed off the area amid fears of more explosions.

The emergency services were first alerted to the explosion at about 20:30 on Sunday (11:30 GMT). Japanese broadcaster NHK said the area affected had both residential and dining establishments was about 3 km south-east of the city centre.

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TV footage from Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed the restaurant in flames, with debris scattered on the ground.

The footage later showed gray smoke billowing from the restaurant as dozens of firefighters poured water onto the building, which was charred and nearly collapsing. Windows on an apartment building next door were broken, and cars parked outside were partially covered with debris that had fallen on them.

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The Japan Times also carried an image of firefighters working at a collapsed building and quoted one eyewitness as saying the explosion sounded like thunder.

Another eyewitness told NHK that the blast had broken the windows of the restaurant he was working in, and that there were “many injured people”.

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