At least 24 killed in explosions of gas in Taiwan

Several explosions shook underground gas leaks Kaohsiung, the second largest city in Taiwan, sending cars and concrete into the air and causing at least 24 dead and 271 injured, authorities said Friday as initiated the search for causes. 

"The interruption of electricity hampered firefighters searching for victims" 

The series of explosions, between midnight Thursday and early Friday, hit a densely populated district in which several operating pipelines petrochemical plants along the drains. 

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Some firefighters called to the neighborhood to investigate a gas leak were among the victims when the explosions erupted several hours later. At least five red fire trucks were overturned in the rubble. 

Cae a plane in Taiwan: 47 dead(The aircraft, a twin-engine ATR 72, was on a decline in emergency and, when available practice a second attempt at landing after missing the first, he crashed into two buildings. )

A twin-engine passenger company TransAsia Airways plane crashed yesterday while trying to make an emergency landing on the island of Penghu, Taiwan west, and at least 47 people died in the accident. This was announced by Minister of Transport of the country, Yeh Kuang-shih. 

It is presumed that a typhoon that lashed the area at the time of the tragedy was determining the fate of the aircraft. The plane was on a domestic flight between the cities of Kaohsiung (in its namesake city, southwest of Taiwan) and Macong 54 of them children-four passengers and five crew members on board. Two of the victims are French nationals, local authorities confirmed. About eleven people are injured, some consideration.