The Organizing Committee of the Games announced that the torch fire was extinguished one after another at the Tokyo Olympic torch relay that started on the 25th, due to the insufficient screwing of the gas cylinder built into the torch.
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay started in Fukushima Prefecture on the 25th, but the torch was extinguished three times in total in two days, reignited using the spare fire in the lantern, and the relay was restarted. was doing.
The Organizing Committee conducted verification by watching videos and announced that the fire was extinguished because the gas cylinder built into the torch was not screwed in advance.
According to the Organizing Committee, just before the runner runs, a gas cylinder is screwed in from the end of the torch using special equipment to release gas.
Masanori Takaya, a spokesperson for the Organizing Committee, said, "I instructed the management team to screw in the gas cylinders again, but this is not a big problem."
In addition, during the process on the 26th, it was said that people were seen along the roadside around Fukushima City Hall and Fukushima Prefectural Office, but the Organizing Committee said, "The shoulders do not touch each other and a certain distance is maintained before and after. It wasn't in a dense state because it was in Fukushima. "