RTThu, 31 Jul 2014 13:16 UTC
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Several blasts have ripped through Kaohsiung, a city in south-western Taiwan, killing at least 22, injuring over 270 and overturning the cars in the street, the Fire Agency said. The cause is thought to be gas leaks in the sewage system.
The blasts late Thursday killed at least 22 people and left 270 others injured, the National Fire Agency said, adding that those injured were rushed to various hospitals in the port city.
The number of those injured is expected to rise, the Fire Department said, adding that there were four firefighters among those killed.
Authorities have urged people to leave the dangerous site while police have corded off part of the street to allow checking of the leakage point, Xinhua reports.
According to witnesses, gas leaks began at around 9:00 p.m. local time. The leaking gas formed a white fog, which then ignited leading to big explosions on several streets, China's Central News Agency reported.
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I saw fire spurting, ripping off some covers of ditches. It was terrifying," a witness told CNA.
"The explosions were like thunder and the road in front of my shop ripped open. It felt like an earthquake," another eyewitness said.
Some witnesses told the agency they first thought some "
poisonous gas" had leaked from the old railway and a construction site of Kaohsiung's light rapid transit system.
Others reported that the whole street was strewn with bodies, as the sky turned red from the flames.
The blasts which hit Kaisuan Road and Ersheng Road were felt in at least four areas in the port-city of Kaohsiung, which is home to over 2.7 million people, most of them Chinese.
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The previous major blast in Taiwan took place in April 201 4 people were killed and 18 injured after a string of explosives went off at a factory in northern Taipei city causing a huge fire ball. The factory was illegal and made fake paper money used in religious festivals.
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Comment: In order to understand all sorts of phenomena, including massive gas explosions all around the world, read
Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.
Also consider the following excerpt from the
Cassiopaean Experiment dated 26 of July, 2014:
Q: (Data) I would like to ask about this hole that opened up in Siberia that makes like a sinkhole that also has ejected material around. What caused this hole?
A: Gases exploding within the earth. We told you that an infinitesimal slowing of the earth rotation would cause things to "open up". Expect more of that in future as well. You did not ask what sparked the "explosion"? We can tell you to once again think of greater current flow.
Q: (L) So an electrically sparked inner earth explosion. That's creepy!
(Pierre) Earth opening up, gas released, and more electric current discharged.
(Perceval) I wonder could that be caused by a lightning strike, for example?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) So a lightning strike could strike the earth, and if the gas was within a...
(Pierre) These crazy fires everywhere... Gas, lightning, fireball, boom boom.
(Kniall) Did something like this happen in Harlem? There was a gas explosion in a building, and then the appearance of a sinkhole. It could have been the same kind of thing.
(L) Remember some time ago we asked about all the fires, and they talked about electrical sparking or something then? Even back then. It's not all necessarily fireballs.
(Perceval) They said that all those fires in like frozen land with scrub and bogs was gas.
(L) It's freakin' gas being released, and sparks.
Comment: In order to understand all sorts of phenomena, including massive gas explosions all around the world, read Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.
Also consider the following excerpt from the Cassiopaean Experiment dated 26 of July, 2014: