Japan ends rescue operation at a mall that collapsed after a strong quake
Rescue operations concluded at a collapsed Aeon Mall after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake and suspected gas leak explosion killed nine people and accounted for all missing.
- On Saturday, authorities ended a massive rescue operation at the Aeon Mall in Kashima after a powerful earthquake and subsequent explosion killed at least 36 people.
- The magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, triggering an explosion at the mall believed to result from a gas leak after about 3,000 shoppers evacuated.
- Rescuers extracted five survivors from mall debris and retrieved seven bodies over five days, while at Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro, a chimney collapse killed nine employees.
- More than 9,000 people remain in shelters as sweltering conditions with temperatures reaching 36.6 degrees Celsius complicate recovery for 70,000 households still lacking fresh water.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged rescue personnel at a government task force meeting Saturday not to leave anyone behind as search operations continue for the missing in the devastated prefecture.
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Japan has ended its search operation at the department store that collapsed and exploded following last week's earthquake. So far, 36 deaths have been confirmed, and many more people remain in shelters.
Japan ends rescue operation at mall that collapsed after strong quake
Authorities ended a massive days-long search-and-rescue operation on Saturday at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan after a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week.
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AlKhaleej TodayJapan ends mall rescue as quake death toll reaches 34
Japan ended rescue operations at a collapsed shopping mall after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed 34 people in Kumamoto, while search efforts continued across the region.
According to the operator of the mall, the last seven victims extracted from the rubble are employees of tenant shops.
Officials end a five-day rescue operation at Japan’s collapsed Aeon
TOKYO: Authorities ended Saturday a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday. The Aeon Mall, in the town of Kashima, was one of the hardest-hit sites, after an
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