Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi gas explosion

When

13 Feb 2025

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

24.17° N, 120.64° E

Description

2025 Disaster at a department store in central Taiwan

Deaths

4

Injured

39

Incident at a department store in Taiwan

On 13 February 2025, a gas explosion occurred at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in the Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan. Five people were killed, including three tourists from Macau who were struck by debris, and 38 were injured, making it the deadliest incident in the history of Taiwanese department stores.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2025 Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi gas explosion: Four people are killed in a gas explosion at a department store in Taichung”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Тайчжуне (Тайвань) в результате взрыва газа в универмаге Shin Kong Mitsukoshi погибли, как минимум, 4 человека и более 30 получили ранения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “台灣新光三越百貨台中中港店發生嚴重氣爆事故，至少4人死亡、6人命危。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page