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Several injured in suspected gas explosion at Taichung department store

02/13/2025 12:32 PM
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The suspected gas-explosion scene at Taichung's Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025
The suspected gas-explosion scene at Taichung's Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025

Taichung, Feb. 13 (CNA) Several people were reported injured following a suspected gas explosion at a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung's Xitun District, fire officials said Thursday.

Update 2: 4 dead, 20 injured in Taichung mall blast

The Taichung Fire Bureau received a report of the blast at 11:33 a.m. and firefighters and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene, the bureau said.

Several people are injured at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung's Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025
Several people are injured at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung's Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025
Taichung's Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025
Taichung's Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Xitun District. CNA photo Feb. 13, 2025

The number of casualties has yet to be confirmed, but several people have been reported injured.

(By Su Mu-chun and Christie Chen)

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Feb. 13: One dead, 10 injured in explosion at Taichung department store

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