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FIRST there was a blinding flash of white light, followed just a second later by the shock wave that smashed into the factory in which Shotaro Kodama was working. “Then everything became dark, because of the dust. Part of the ceiling fell in. I ran outside and saw that houses were broken and damaged. The schoolhouse was smouldering. I don’t know how long it was after the explosion, but wounded people started arriving looking for water. They were badly burnt. It was awful to see.”
Kodama…
