｢心にぽっかりと穴が…｣ 伊勢の商店街火災 約44時間後に鎮火 市役所には罹災証明書の発行などに訪れる人が 三重

A fire that broke out on August 31st in a shopping street near Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefecture was extinguished approximately 44 hours later, on the morning of September 2nd. The fire occurred in the Meirin Shopping Street in Ise City, directly in front of Kintetsu Ujiyamada Station. The fire was finally put out at 11:00 AM on September 2nd, approximately 44 hours after it started, but it damaged 58 buildings, including the shopping street and nearby houses, covering an area of ​​approximately 4,300 square meters. (Yoshihiro Nakamori, 79, owner of a clothing store in the shopping street) "The first person to notice tried to bring a fire extinguisher, but initial firefighting was simply impossible." Why did the fire start? The cause remains unknown. Mr. Nakamori inherited the clothing store from his parents, which was founded about 80 years ago, and has run it for many years. At the time of the fire, he witnessed flames coming from a vacant store four doors down from the entrance of the shopping street. According to Ise City, there are 52 shops in the shopping district, and almost half of them are vacant. Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is still unknown. (Yoshihiro Nakamori, 79, owner of a clothing store in the shopping district) "It's a mystery why the fire happened in an empty store where the electricity and water had been shut off." "There's a gaping hole in my heart... I don't know how I'm supposed to live from now on." Ise City Hall has set up a consultation desk for those affected by the fire, and Mr. Nakamori visited to apply for a disaster certificate and to apply for relief funds. (Yoshihiro Nakamori, 79, owner of a clothing store in the shopping district) "It's like a day has passed since I went to the store, and now it's all gone. There's a gaping hole in my heart. I still don't really know how I'm supposed to live from now on." On the 2nd, 19 groups used the consultation desk at Ise City Hall. For more details, check out NEWS DIG! ↓ https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/...