Local residents took to social media and described the flowing red water as “gruesome” and “venomous”.
Visuals of the river in Nago city in Japan’s Okinawa showed the flowing water had turned deep red in colour left a flowing river blood red in colour, alarming residents about the mysterious change.
Visuals of the river in Nago city in Japan’s Okinawa showed that the water had turned deep red in colour. Officials of a beer factory later confirmed that a food colouring dye had leaked into the river through the rain gutter but did not pose any health risks. Beer factory Orion Breweries issued a statement shortly after and apologised for “causing enormous trouble and worry”.
The leak reportedly started in one of the cooling systems of the brewery which likely occurred on Tuesday. It was stopped at around 9.30am local time, according to Japanese media reports.
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