An explosion in an old pump storage hangar in an American military base in Okinawa, in southern Japan, four was injured, a fire manager said on Monday, June 9.
At the time of the explosion, the members of the Japanese forces of Self -Defense (SDF) tried to eliminate the oxide of the stored objects in a temporary storage site, belonging to the homeless people, to confirm that these were explosive devices, Akira Kamiunten, a local firefighters, AFP.
It was during this process that the explosion occurred, injuring four members of the homeless people who were quickly hospitalized, he added.
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The news agency Jiji Press and other local media said, without specifying its source, that the vital diagnosis of the injured was not initiated. A spokesman for the Japanese Ministry of Defense confirmed information on an explosion at the United States Military Air Base in Kadena.
During World War II, Japan used Okinawa to stop the progress of US forces. More than a quarter of the civilian population of the main island was killed during the battle of Okinawa in 1945.
The American occupation of this part of Japan ended until 1972, through a treaty that maintains the US bases in its place. Currently, Okinawa is the home of 70% of the area occupied by the US bases in Japanese territory. The archipelago welcomes more than half of the 50,000 American soldiers parked in Japan there.
Source: BFM TV
