Suppliers blame gas type for intensity of deadly explosion

THE explosion which rocked the Tuen Mun flat, killing one and injuring eight others, was more intense than usual because of the type of gas connected to the building, the gas supplier said.

The flat, one of 20,000 households still using substitute natural gas rather than Towngas, has now become the subject of close examination by fire and gas experts from the Government and the Hong Kong and China Gas Company which supplied the natural gas.

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