Subway explosion lightly injures 11 in South Korea

Published May 19, 2014 11:49am ET



SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An electrical problem caused an explosion at a South Korean subway station Monday evening, lightly injuring 11 people, an emergency official said.

A part of the train’s electrical insulation device was damaged and triggered the explosion at a station in Gunpo city just south of Seoul, local emergency official Yoo Hyung-gi said. He said operations later resumed at the station.

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