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After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster

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Anton Bridge, Yuka Obayashi, Joseph Campbell
After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster
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A massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a shopping mall in Kumamoto, Japan, followed by a secondary explosion that caused structural collapse. Rescue operations are currently underway to locate trapped individuals, with authorities investigating a potential gas leak as the cause of the blast.

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KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - ⁠Workers in a mall in southern Japan described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in a cloud of dust by a massive 7.1-magnitude quake that rattled the building ⁠on Tuesday. They were the lucky ones. An hour later, the real disaster struck.

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