On the morning of the 31st, an accident involving nine trucks and passenger cars occurred on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and seven of them burned.
Two men were injured in the accident, and police are investigating whether they were left behind because they could not contact one truck driver.
Around 6 am on the 31st, an accident involving 9 trucks and passenger cars occurred in the down lane near the Chugoku Expressway Mine-nishi Interchange in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and 7 of them burned.
The fire was extinguished after 7 am.
According to police, two male truck drivers were injured in the accident and taken to the hospital, both of whom are conscious.
On the other hand, the police are investigating whether there is a truck driver left behind on the scene because there is one truck driver who has not been contacted.
The site was a gentle left curve located about 300 meters in the direction of Hiroshima from the Mine-nishi interchange, and the road surface was frozen at the time of the accident.
Since it seems that the following vehicles collided with the vehicle that caused the accident one after another, the police are investigating the situation of the accident by listening to the driver of the truck or passenger car.
Video of the accident Red flame and black smoke
Around 7 am on the 31st near the accident site on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, a video taken by a man shows red flames and black smoke rising from around a car that has stopped on the road.
The man who took the picture said, "I saw flames when I passed near the site for commuting. Flames and black smoke were rising high from around the truck."
Post multiple videos on Twitter
On Twitter, there are multiple videos posted of a vehicle burning in flames near the accident site on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Of these, in the video taken near the exit of the Mine-nishi interchange, the flames rose high in the dark surroundings, and several following cars with hazard lamps were stopped or seemed to be riding. You can see how you are evacuating.
Another video shows a firefighting activity using a hose to raise flames and black smoke from trucks and cars parked on the road.