事故发生在7月31日临近午夜时分，繁华的高雄市前镇区发生多次爆炸，震动了整座城市，导致至少30人丧生，309人受伤。
At least 30 people were killed and 309 injured in the gas explosions that shook the city shortly before midnight on July 31 .
前镇区