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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 31 Jul 2014

      Major gas explosion hits city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, causing fatalitieshttp://bbc.in/WPScEb 

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      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 31 Jul 2014

      Explosions in Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung said to have been caused by a gas leak http://bbc.in/UOqeqg pic.twitter.com/WvP8wkexGZ

      12:32 PM - 31 Jul 2014
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        2. Spica‏ @Kelangdbn 31 Jul 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          台湾の高雄市でガス管が破裂し爆発が複数起こる。少なくても212名が負傷 RT @BBCBreaking http://bbc.in/UOqeqg pic.twitter.com/fKvL4oV8eL

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        1. Tyler Heberle‏ @TylerHeberle 31 Jul 2014
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          “@BBCBreaking: Explosions in Taiwanese city Kaohsiung said to have been caused by gas leak http://bbc.in/UOqeqg  pic.twitter.com/MR3pGOGJbY” :(

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        1. Susan Stephens‏ @DovesLove01 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Looks as if there was Earth Movement there..?? So Sorry for these people..

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        1. Tim O'Brien‏Verified account @TimOBrien 31 Jul 2014
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          “@BBCBreaking: Explosions in Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung said caused by gas leak http://bbc.in/UOqeqg  pic.twitter.com/XHm7NnwNMQ”

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        2. Paul Bestall‏ @paulbestall 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Surprised you've not blamed Russia or Ebola for this yet.

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        3. Stephen McStocker  ✌‏ @hiblade 31 Jul 2014
          Replying to @paulbestall

          @paulbestall @BBCBreaking lol or Hamas!

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        1. Matthew Marsden‏ @m09756056 13 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. john mahoney‏ @jmmhome66 7 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. Victor‏ @victorteeo 31 Jul 2014
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          RT @BBCBreaking: Explosions in Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung caused by a gas leak http://bbc.in/UOqeqg pic.twitter.com/L1taa1UYE9

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        1. X‏ @curley39th 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking visited there in 1978. All wear smog masks. The air was lethal without then any gas leak.

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        1. Usha Maharaj‏ @Ashley311Usha 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. Russ Waring‏ @Russ_Waring 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Bloody Hell!, that's some destruction there. Hope the death toll isn't bad, sad for any deaths.

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        1. frazerlyons‏ @frazerlyons666 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking we need to start preparing for the new world our places are getting bigger so we need bigger systems

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        1. James Adcock‏ @jpjames1 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking U sure that's not gaza

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        1. CaveMan‏ @Ncin0Man 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Do they really have pipes full of flammable gas underground in taiwan?

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        1. gramophoneman‏ @gramophoneman 31 Jul 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Gov.Christie & South Jersey Gas want to run a Gas Pipeline under the Pinelands in N.J. Under our aquifers. Scary, very scary...

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