Xi grieves over Taiwan gas leak explosions
Updated: 2014-08-01 13:33
(Xinhua)
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Photo taken on Aug 1, 2014 shows the site of gas leak explosions in Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan. Gas leaks in the sewage system in the city led to multiple explosions late Thursday night, resulted in at least 24 dead and 271 injured. [Photo/Xinhua] |
BEIJING - Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday conveyed condolences to the victims in the gas leak explosions hitting Kaohsiung city in Taiwan on Thursday.
The death toll in the explosions rose to 24 as of 9 am Friday local time, the latest figure from the island's firefighting authority showed. 271 others were injured.
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