Gas Explosions Kill 25 in Taiwan

CITY IN FLAMES

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 3:33PM EDT / Published Jul. 31, 2014 11:32PM EDT

At least 25 people were killed and 259 were injured in Taiwan on Thursday night when a series of explosions tore through the city of Kaohsiung. The underground explosions in what is Taiwan’s second-largest city kicked off fires that tore off manhole covers, deep craters were seen in many roads, and the damage flipped and wrecked cars. An initial investigation indicated a probable leak in an underground pipeline that transports propene, a flammable petrochemical for polyesters. Four of the dead were firefighters.

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Gas Explosions Kill 25 in Taiwan