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BBC Chinese, Aug 2, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... ng_free-hotel.shtml

(2) 日本关注高雄气爆回顾自身教训与经验. BBC Chinese, Aug 2, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/worl ... wan_kaohsiung.shtml

Note: “新 [煤气 natural gas] 灶功能真可谓飞跃了，不但地震时自动熄火，更重要的是当烧锅里水分少到快凝固时会自动熄火，其中一个炉头在烧锅达到沸腾程度后不久也会自动熄火，除非手动调节不熄。”

Automatic Stove Turn-Off Devices. ThisCaring Home.org, undated.
www.thiscaringhome.org/products/auto-stove-turn-off-devices.php
, which states, “Gas stove shut off devices are in development; we currently know of only one manufacturer that offers this product but we have not reviewed it yet.” It alludes to Stove Guard International.

(3) 高雄气爆：连夜搜寻两名失踪消防人员. BBC Chinese, Aug 2, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... _blast_update.shtml
(至少26人死亡，200多人受伤 * * * 美联社报道，许多爆炸发生后逃离和被疏散的居民周五返回家中。 * * * 四条被炸翻开道路”)

two consecutive paragraphs:

“高雄发生气爆事故的地段埋设有多家公司的管线。早些时候与此相关的台湾 ‘中油、’ ’中石化、’ 欣高瓦斯、李长荣化工等企业均否认与事故有关。

“不过据台湾中央社报道，高雄市政府环保局长周五表示，气爆泄露的气体是丙烯，出问题的管线是输送丙烯给李长荣化工的管线。

Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest. But the report contains eight (8) photos.
(b) 丙烯  propene or propylene; CH2=CHCH3; colorless and odorless; volatile and flammable

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(4) Compilation Nation (publisher), Gas Explosion. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 08/01/2014 - Video Compilation. YouTube, Aug 1, 2014.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyjGNq0y5U

Note:
(a) The video clip (2:50 long)
(i) at the 37th second (0:37; whose own timing is July 30, 2014, 23:50--the local time when it happened) shows one explosion of the street; and
(ii) at 1:05 shows one explosion of another street.
(b) Presumably the clips in (a) were taken by security cameras.

(5) 图辑：台湾高雄市地下管路爆炸现场. BBC Chinese, July 31, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/mult ... ung_explosion.shtml