Taiwan Gas Blast Hurts 69
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — An explosion Thursday at the cafeteria of a bicycle parts factory in central Taiwan injured 69 workers during lunch, police reported. Police in Taichung, 112 miles southwest of Taipei, said the blast was caused by a gas leak in the cafeteria kitchen.
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