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About 20 injured in Taiwan train blast

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

About 20 passengers were injured after an explosion hit a train in Taipei on Thursday night, said the island's railway authority.

The blast happened at about 10 p.m. as the train reached Songshan station. Fire fighters put out the following fire within several minutes.

The cause of the blast is not immediately known. Endi