Before 11:30 am on the 22nd, there was an explosion at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipbuilding factory in Nagasaki City, and according to the police, one male worker was unconscious and in critical condition.

Before 11:30 a.m., we received a report that a gas explosion had occurred at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipbuilding factory in Higashi-Tategami-cho, Nagasaki City, and that one person was involved.



According to the police, one male worker is unconscious in this explosion.

The firefighter is said to be a man in his 50s.



About 10 police and firefighting vehicles rushed to the vicinity of the shipyard, and the police and firefighters are checking the situation.



There is also information that the paint caught fire and exploded, and the police are investigating the cause of the explosion.



According to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Public Relations Department, the factory where the explosion occurred is a shipbuilding factory that builds ships for the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

A woman who lives nearby "a loud boom"

A woman in her 70s who lives near a shipyard said, ``I was preparing lunch at home when I heard a loud boom, and when I went outside, I saw fire trucks and police cars running. It was so loud that I could hear it from inside my house.I was surprised because it was the first time I'd heard anything like this."