Taiwan Explosion

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  6 Killed, Over 100 Injured After Fire At Golf Ball Factory In Taiwan

  A fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan killed at least six people, three of them firefighters who died in an explosion, authorities said Saturday.

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  Bemused Tourists Granted Front Row Seats To China's Latest Fury At Taiwan

  The hum of holiday vibes and the selfie-snapping is interrupted by the roar of explosions as projectiles shoot up into the sky, prompting oohs and aahs from the surprised tourists.

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  24 Injured In Explosion In Train In Taiwan Capital

  At least 24 people were injured in an explosion on a train in Taiwan's capital late on Thursday, in an incident described by the island's premier as "malicious".

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  21 Injured In Explosion In Train In Taiwan Capital: Reports

  Taiwan's official news agency says an explosion that engulfed a commuter train car in flames has injured 21 people, some of them seriously.

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  A Year After Taiwan Water Park Explosion, Recovery Continues

  A year ago and far away from his hometown in New Hampshire, Alex Haas was fighting for his life after suffering burns to over 90 percent of his body at a water park party in Taiwan.

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  Families Demand Justice After Taiwan Water Park Explosion

  Families of victims killed during an explosion at a "colour party" in Taiwan that left 15 dead and hundreds injured are calling for the event organiser to receive a stiff sentence, as a procedural hearing opened in Taipei today.

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  Taiwan Probes Water Park Fire as Toll of Injured Reaches 519

  The number of party revelers injured in a fire at a Taiwan water park rises to 519, as authorities began investigating the cause, suspected to be a sudden explosion of a colored powder thrown on those attending the party.

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  More Than 500 Injured in Explosion at Taiwan Water Park

  The number of people injured in an explosion at a water park in Taiwan has more than doubled to over 500, authorities said today.

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  More Than 200 Injured in Explosion at Taiwan Water Park

  More than 200 people were injured, over 80 of them seriously, in an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei Saturday after coloured powder being sprayed onto a crowd ignited, officials said.

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  Asian Games: Golden Girls From Ravaged Taiwan City Lift Spirits

  Both Taiwan's gold medallists at the Asian Games this week, Hsu Shu-ching (53kg) and Lin Tzu-chi (63kg), are graduate students in the southern city of Kaohsiung which was devastated by gas explosions less than two months ago.

• Floods Hit Blast-Ravaged Taiwan City

  Torrential rain on Monday forced the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung to shut schools and offices as floods overwhelmed its sewage system which was severely damaged by gas explosions last month that killed 30 people and injured 300.

• 12,000 Evacuees Return after Taiwan Gas Explosions

  The 12,000 people who fled in fear of more gas pipeline explosions in Taiwan's second-largest city returned to their homes on Friday after authorities said there was no more risk of blasts like the series that ripped apart streets overnight, killing 26 people and injuring 267.

• Taiwan Blasts 'Like End of World'

  Pan Hui-chen thought it was the end of the world when a series of massive explosions devastated her neighbourhood of Kaohsiung city overnight on Friday.

• Gas Blasts Kill 24, Injure 271 in Taiwanese Port

  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, as a search for the cause began.

• Gas Explosions Kill 20, Injure 270 in Taiwan

  A series of underground gas explosions killed 20 people and injured 270 others late Thursday in Taiwan's second-largest city, authorities said.