Explosion occurs at cement factory near Tokyo, none hurt

An explosion occurred at a cement factory near Tokyo on Monday night, causing a car to burn in a parking lot about 50 meters away, but no one was injured in the incident, authorities said.Local police and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. officials said an off-grid power system on the premises of the factory in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, is likely to have exploded at the time when 14 people were working in the plant.The explosion damaged windows of about 20 vehicles in the parking lot, according to the police, while firefighters said the blaze spread to a forest near the factory but was quickly put ou…READ FULL ARTICLE