00:02Japan said on Wednesday that authorities are investigating an explosion at an Aon shopping mall following a magnitude 7.1
00:10earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday.
00:14Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said firefighters and police detected the smell of gas inside the building during search operations,
00:23but stressed that the exact cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
00:30While police officers were arrested, the police officers were arrested and identified the information on the field.
00:37The evidence is available in the details.
00:45The police officers were targeted to the police officers, and the police officers were carried out.
01:06Around 20 to 30 mall workers were initially reported missing after the earthquake.
01:11Aerial footage showed one side of the shopping mall, which houses around 200 stores blown
01:17apart, exposing steel beams and scattering debris across the parking lot.
01:22A spokesperson for mall operator Aon said customers and employees were evacuated immediately
01:28after the earthquake.
01:29The company added that the cause of the subsequent explosion has yet to be determined.
