{"id":100446,"date":"2014-08-01T07:35:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T03:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=100446"},"modified":"2014-08-01T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T03:35:57","slug":"massive-explosion-caused-by-gas-leak-in-sewage-system-kills-15-and-injures-hundreds-as-it-rips-through-city-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=100446","title":{"rendered":"Massive explosion caused by &#8216;gas leak in sewage system&#8217; kills 15 and injures hundreds as it rips through city in Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/city-of-Kaohsiung-Taiwan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-100444\" alt=\"\u057f\u0561\u0575\u057e\u0561\u0576,\u057a\u0561\u0575\u0569\u0575\u0578\u0582\u0576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/city-of-Kaohsiung-Taiwan.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/city-of-Kaohsiung-Taiwan.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/city-of-Kaohsiung-Taiwan-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/city-of-Kaohsiung-Taiwan-358x300.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 people have died and almost 230 injured after a huge explosion in Taiwan caused by a suspected gas leak.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple explosions happened early on Friday in Kaohsiung city in the south of the island after reported leaks in the sewage system.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the gas leaks started at about 9pm, forming white fog, before fire could be seen and explosions heard on several streets.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs from the scene showed overturned cars and destroyed roads, while some observers saw bodies on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s National Fire Agency said 15 people were killed and 228 were injured. It added that five firefighters were among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At least 15 people have died and almost 230 injured after a huge explosion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7947],"tags":[4580],"class_list":["post-100446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wpml-en","tag-taiwan","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}