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UPDATED – Caught on video: Gas explosions in Taiwan kill 4 firefighters & at least 20 others

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(Note: Original report said five firefighters were killed from the explosions in Kaohsiung City. Later reports indicate four firefighters died from the blasts.)

AP:

At least 24 people were killed and 271 injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan’s second-largest city, hurling concrete and cars through the air and blasting trenches in the streets, authorities said Friday, as a search for the cause began.

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Firefighters called to the neighborhood to investigate a gas leak were among the victims when the blasts went off several hours later, upending at least five red fire trucks amid the rubble of pavement and dirt.

Four firefighters were among the 24 dead, and 271 people were injured, the National Fire Agency said. 

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