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Death toll from Taiwan gas leak explosions climbs to 22 (1/5)

2014-08-01 10:25 Xinhua Web Editor:Wang Yuxia
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A road is destroyed after gas leak explosions in Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 1, 2014. The local fire-fighting authority said gas leaks were reported in the city's Cianjhen district at around 8:46 p.m. Thursday, leading to multiple explosions that affected an area as large as three square kilometers. Death toll from the gas leak explosions has climbed to 22 by Friday morning, meanwhile, 270 others were injured. (Xinhua/Chen Jun) 

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