World IN BRIEF : JAPAN : Fumes Sicken 31 in Yokohama Subway
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fumes near the entrance to a subway station sickened at least 31 people in the port city of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo. The victims were hospitalized for throat and eye pain. None of the injuries was serious, said Takayuki Emura of the Yokohama Fire Department. Firefighters in gas masks and protective clothing searched the Kamioka subway station for the source of the noxious odor but did not find anything.
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