A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed one man and left 11 others hospitalized, fire authorities said. The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung city.

A suspected gas explosion at a department store in the central Taiwanese city of Taichung killed at least five people and injured seven others on Thursday, the fire department said. The blast occurred on the 12th floor of the building,