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| Subject: Public anger at authorities who failed to stop deadly gas explosions in Taiwan Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:12 am | |
| Public anger is mounting at authorities in Taiwan who have still not found the cause of five deadly gas blasts that killed 28 people and injured hundreds more on Thursday.
Investigators in Kaohsiung are investigating LCY Chemical Corp, a Taiwanese petrochemical firm with pipelines running under the city.
A series of explosions tore through the streets starting at around midnight on Thursday, flinging cars into the air and blasting passers-by and shoppers at a nearby market with rubble.
Several residents had reported a gas leak to authorities in the industrial port city of 2.8 million people hours before the disaster and their failure to avert it has prompted widespread condemnation.
Residents said they were given conflicting advice before the explosions, which left a trail of destruction over one square mile.
One resident told television channel TVBS that five minutes before the explosions, authorities told them: "Everything is under control. You can go home and sleep."
The blasts also damaged rows of shops and low-rise apartments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/public-anger-at-authorities-who-failed-to-stop-deadly-gas-explosions-in-taiwan-9644438.html
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