KMT lawmaker Huang Chao-shun (黃昭順) and several others have raised questions as to Chen's whereabouts when the explosions occurred. They said that Chen should be held responsible for the 30 deaths resulting from the tragedy and requested Chen's resignation.

　The KMT Legislative caucus on Friday called on Chen to step down and take responsibility for the loss of 30 lives in the deadly gas explosions.

　KMT legislator and party whip Alex Fai at a press conference Friday made charges that the mayor had been lying until Thursday morning about the existence of the underground pipeline suspected of being the source of a propene leak that caused the blasts on July 31.

　In response, Chen only said that she thanks KMT legislators for their concern. KMT lawmakers are unable to provide evidence of her absence from the government that night, Chen said, adding that the accusation is clearly an act of defamation. She said she is willing to provide witnesses or video images showing her whereabouts on the night of the incident.

　The priority right now, however, is rescue work, Chen said. She is scheduled to lead a team of Kaohsiung officials to visit Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) next week.

　The central government has agreed to provide assistance to Kaohsiung's rescue and reconstruction efforts. The Kaohsiung government will allocate NT$300 million and the central government will foot the remainder of the bill, according to local news sources.

　There is also confusion regarding who had authority over some petrochemical pipelines buried underground, and this is an issue that Kaohsiung wants to deliberate with the central government, Chen said.

高雄市長陳菊否認失職

由劉允，在中國郵政
2014年8月10日，上午12時03分TWN

台北，台灣 - 高雄市長陳菊（陳菊）昨日表示，她願意提供她的下落的證據，高雄瓦斯爆炸事故發生時，不畏國民黨聲稱，她忽略了自己的職責對事故的夜。

　國民黨立法委員黃肇順（黃昭順）和其他幾個人都提出疑問，以陳的行踪，爆炸發生時。他們說，陳水扁應該承擔責任的30人死亡的悲劇產生，並要求陳水扁下台。

　上週五，國民黨立院黨團陳叫下台，並採取了30生活在致命的瓦斯爆炸事故的損失承擔責任。

　國民黨立委及黨鞭亞歷克斯輝在記者招待會上週五提出指控，市長一直在撒謊，直到週四上午對地下管線被懷疑是對導致爆炸在7月31日丙烯洩漏源的存在​​。

　對此，陳只說，她感謝國民黨立委對他們的關心。國民黨立委都無法提供，那天晚上她沒有從政府的證據，陳補充說，這項指控顯然是誹謗行為。她說，她願意為證人或視頻圖像，顯示在事發當晚她的下落。

　該優先權然而，現在是救援工作，陳先生說。她計劃帶領一個團隊高雄官員參觀總理江依樺（江宜樺）下週。

　中央政府已同意提供高雄的救援和重建工作提供援助。高雄市政府將撥出新台幣三億元和中央財政將腳該法案的其餘部分，根據當地的消息來源。

　還有關於誰擁有權力埋入地下部分石化管線混亂，這是一個問題，高雄要審議的中央，陳說。