night, injuring several people and overturning cars, according to fire department of the southern municipality.

Fire fighters, including those from nearby Tainan City, have rushed to the scene, and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu was urging people to leave the dangerous spots.

Witnesses said the gas leaks which began at around 9:00 p.m. formed white fog while fire was lighted up, leading to big explosions

on several streets.

A witness surnamed Liu said at first he thought some "poisonous gas" had leaked from the old railway and a construction site of

Kaohsiung's light rapid transit system.

"I saw fire spurting, ripping off some covers of ditches. It was terrifying," he said.

The explosions on Kaisuan Road and Ersheng Road rocked Cianjhen, Lingya, Siaogang and Cianjin districts.

Multipul瓦斯爆炸事故搖滾高雄街頭

中央社
2014年8月1日，上午02時33分TWN
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晚上，打傷數人，並推翻汽車，根據市南部的消防部門。

消防戰士，包括那些從附近的台南市，也趕到現場，與高雄市長陳菊是敦促人們撤離危險區。

目擊者稱，氣體洩漏開始大約下午9:00形成白霧，而火點燃了，導致大爆炸

在幾條街道。

一位目擊者劉姓說，起初他以為一些“有毒氣體”從舊鐵路的施工現場已洩露

高雄輕軌系統。

“我看見火噴血，炸飛的溝渠蓋一些，這是可怕的，”他說。

在Kaisuan路與二聖路爆炸震動前鎮，苓雅，小港及前金區