Chemical leak on Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, 4 passengers injured

Kyodo News, citing Japanese police, reported that four passengers, including a baby, suffered burns and injuries after coming into contact with a liquid chemical that accidentally leaked from another passenger. The incident occurred on the Shinkansen bullet train.

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Investigators are working with the owner of the bag containing the chemicals, one of the injured. The 40-year-old man is an employee of a geological survey company in Tokyo, and police believe that the industrial chemicals used for his work were stored in a container in his handbag and accidentally leaked.

The Sendai city fire department announced that they received a call from a passenger on train number 52, en route to Tokyo, at noon on October 9th. The passenger reported that someone had been burned after touching something that looked like a chemical. The train crew conducted an investigation and discovered smoke on board.

East Japan Railway, the train operator, said the emergency notification system was activated at 11:54 a.m. (local time), two minutes before the train arrived at Sendai station in Miyagi Prefecture in the northeast. All passengers were allowed to disembark at Sendai station.

Smoke is coming from a leaking bag containing chemicals.

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In addition to those injured after exposure to the chemicals, two others felt unwell, possibly from inhaling fumes. However, authorities said no one was in life-threatening condition.

A passenger at Sendai station said the incident reminded him of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Japan, a terrorist attack that killed 14 people and injured more than 6,000. "It's terrifying because you can bring anything onto the train," the 52-year-old man said.

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