A series of underground gas explosions have killed at least 24 people and injured 271 in Taiwan’s second-largest city, hurling concrete through the air and blasting long trenches in the streets.
The series of overnight explosions in Kaohsiung, a south-western port of 2.8m people, struck a district in which several petrochemical firms operate pipelines alongside the sewer system.
The fires were believed to have been caused by a leak of propene, often known as propylene, a petrochemical material not intended for public use, but the source of the gas was not immediately clear.
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