On the morning of the 19th, a gas pipe was damaged at a road construction site near JR Tokuyama Station in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and gas leaked out. I forgot.
Around 8:54 am on the 19th, a worker at the site who was replacing the water pipe near JR Tokuyama Station in Shunan City reported to the fire department that "the gas pipe was damaged while excavating the sidewalk." did.
When the police and fire department rushed in, gas was blowing out from the ground, and the fire department and others regulated access to the surrounding area and are proceeding with the identification of damaged gas pipes.
According to the fire department, the leaked gas is considered to be carbon monoxide, but no one has complained of injury or illness due to the gas leak.
A woman in her 70s, who lives in the house in front of the site, said, "I was surprised because there was a loud noise immediately after I heard that the construction was going to start. I was scared."
Due to this effect, the nearby JR Sanyo Shinkansen stopped driving between Hiroshima Station and Kokura Station in Fukuoka Prefecture for about 3 hours from 10 am, affecting about 3,300 people as of noon.