At least 21 injured in Taiwan train explosion

Cause of explosion as yet undetermined

PHOTO: CNA

An explosion on a train in Taiwan's capital left at least 21 people injured on Thursday, Taiwan's official news agency reported.

The incident occurred at the Songshan railway station in central Taipei. Witnesses reported hearing a series of loud explosions before one of the train carriages caught fire.


The Taipei Fire Department sent trucks and ambulances to the scene and extinguished the fire. The cause of the explosion still is not known.

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