Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered
60 years later
Ruins of Hiroshima
The ruins of Hiroshima. Almost all wooden houses to a radius of 4,750 - 6,330 feet (1,450 - 1,930 meters) from the hypocenter were crushed instantly. Fire then swept through them, either from the heat of the blast or from cooking fires, until they were engulfed by the firestorm.