Nine burned bodies pulled from collapsed Japanese highway tunnel

Daily Mail reports that burned bodies of nine people have been pulled from the wreckage of a Japanese highway tunnel after its roof fell onto moving vehicles and sparked a fire.

Authorities confirmed the deaths but said rescue work had to be suspended while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses.

The concrete ceiling panels collapsed yesterday deep inside the three-mile long Sasago Tunnel, which is around 50 miles west of Tokyo.

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Video footage from cameras inside the tunnel, after the fire was extinguished, showed firefighters picking their way through cement roof panels that collapsed onto vehicles.

Watch the video below to view the devastating aftermath as emergency crews take over:

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Japan Sasago tunnel collapse - many cars trapped inside

Sasago, one of the longest road tunnel has collapsed in Japan, trapping a number of vehicles and leaving at least seven people missing, media reports say.

Entrance to the collapsed Sasago Tunnel, Japan

The incident started at 08:00 local time (23:00 GMT Saturday), about 80km (50 miles) west of Tokyo on a road that links it to the city of Nagoya.

Survivors described how large sections of concrete fell on top of cars in the Sasago tunnel.

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Pictures from closed circuit TV cameras inside the tunnel showed a section of up to 100m (328ft) that had caved in on the Tokyo-bound lanes on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi prefecture.

A fire broke out and rescuers said a number of charred bodies had been seen.

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