Jungle Jim Fire on display Two former college students acquitted in first trial 12:28 on August 19
Four years ago, a fire broke out of the event's jungle gym, a five-year-old boy died, and the first trial of two former college students accused of neglecting safety management was held, two of them He claimed innocence, saying, "I didn't think it would catch fire."
Two former college students of Nippon Institute of Technology in 2016, at the event venue of Meiji Jingu Gaien in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, a fire broke out from the wooden jungle gym of the exhibit and a 5-year-old boy died, He has been accused of fatal and fatal injury for failing to maintain safety.
At the first trial held in the Tokyo District Court on the 19th, the two apologized, "I am very sorry that the fire caused the death of the 5-year-old victim at that time."
Then, he said, "I couldn't think of turning on the floodlight in the work to ignite the wood chips in the work due to the heat of the incandescent bulb," he insisted.
The lawyer also said, "It was the first time that the two of us had been on duty on the day, and there was no possibility that we could have predicted a fire, so there is no negligence."
On the other hand, the prosecution said, "We installed an incandescent lamp that exceeds 280 degrees within 10 minutes. We could have expected the fire to endanger visitors, but we left the floodlights on."