On the 26th, in an accident where a boiler for private power generation exploded at a cement factory in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, police are investigating the cause of the explosion jointly with the fire department.
Around 10 pm on the 26th, a boiler for private power generation at the "Taiheiyo Cement Saitama Factory" in Hidaka City exploded.
The police are checking the damage, but one car that had been parked in the parking lot of the adjacent pachinko parlor, the nearby forest burned, and about 20 cars had broken glass. came out.
According to Taiheiyo Cement, there were more than 10 employees at that time, but according to the police investigation so far, no one was injured, including the residents in the surrounding area.
According to the factory, the boiler for private power generation that exploded had been operating since 1996 with chips made from wood chips and coal as fuel, and was repaired twice a year.
At the time of the accident, workers were remotely managing the boiler from another building and patroling regularly, but the detailed situation at that time, such as whether there was any abnormality, is unknown.
The surrounding fire is believed to have been caused by the heat source being scattered by the explosion, and police are investigating the cause of the explosion in detail in collaboration with the fire department.
A person nearby "shook like an earthquake"
A man who was using a nearby pachinko parlor at the time of the explosion said, "The explosion occurred about 30 seconds before leaving the store, and the inside of the store shook like a rattling earthquake. I saw a fire coming out of one of the cars. My car had a broken back part, but I was almost in danger. "
A man in his 60s who lives in the neighborhood said, "When I heard the sound of the siren and looked outside, black smoke was rising. I was very surprised because I didn't think that such a big piece was flying." I was talking.