Overview
- Flames rose at the center of Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing Friday around 9:05 p.m., when police and firefighters arrived within minutes to put them out.
- About 20 minutes later, a man in his 50s from Nagoya turned himself in at the Shibuya police station, which arrested him on suspicion of obstructing traffic.
- The Tokyo Fire Department said a single PET bottle and kerosene burned with no injuries.
- A witness said officers first threw water from buckets before a fire extinguisher finally knocked down the flames.
- Police noted a cardboard sign with messages at the scene and are checking any link to the suspect, a focus that could clarify motive at a crossing packed with foot traffic near Shibuya Station.