Channel News Asia
Date: 10 Nov 2017
TAIWAN: Seven people, including a three-year-old girl, were injured after a gas leak caused an explosion at a hotpot restaurant in Taiwan’s Changhua County on Thursday (Nov 9).
Screengrab of a video showing a gas explosion at a Taiwan restaurant.
CCTV footage shows a staff of Bu Lao Guo Hotpot restaurant struggling to change the gas cylinder for a tabletop gas burner.
Several customers noticed the smell of leaking gas and quickly stood up to move away from their tables.
A family sitting at the table next to it were seen inching away anxiously as well – they were trapped between the wall and the source of the gas leak. [FULL STORY]