Forty-three people were killed 29 years from the Great Unzen-Fugendake pyroclastic flow Nagasaki June 3, 11:33
In Shimabara City, which suffered a great deal of damage in 3 days from the great pyroclastic flow of Mt. Unzen and Mt. Fugen in Nagasaki Prefecture, where 43 people were killed, citizens mourned the victims with flowers at a memorial monument. ..
In the large pyroclastic flow of Unzen/Fugendake that occurred on June 3, 1991, 43 people, including local fire brigade members, residents, and the press, were killed, and the risk of eruption disaster and disaster prevention measures against volcanoes were taken. It was a chance to review.
On the 3rd, 29 years since the Great Pyroclastic Flow, in the park of Nita housing complex in Shimabara city, where the people who lost their homes due to the eruption disaster relocated, a flower stand was set up in front of the memorial to the victims. Citizens have come to give flowers since morning.
This time, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, at the venue, city officials measure the body temperature of the people who visit the flowers, call for their hands to be disinfected, and line up at intervals to prevent crowding. I was urged to do so.
Ryuzaburo Furukawa, the mayor of Shimabara City, also visited and mourned the victims by deeply bowing to the flowers.
Mayor Furukawa said, "Though threats such as disasters and infectious diseases are endless, I would like to utilize the lessons of self-help and mutual assistance that I gained from the Great Pyroclastic Flow 29 years ago in managing evacuation centers."