Explosion at Kanto Denkan Chemical Plant in Japan Causes Highly Toxic Gas Leakage

In the early morning of August 7, an explosion occurred at the Kanto Denkan Industrial Plant in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture, resulting in one death and one injury. The accident resulted in the leakage of highly toxic etching gases, such as nitrogen trifluoride and tungsten hexafluoride, and the surrounding 2-kilometer area was cordoned off as a matter of urgency.