The owner of a pit bull has been fined, and the dog will be confiscated by animal protection authorities, after two attacks on scooter riders in Taipei City this month. According to media reports, on March 6, the dog, named “Lucky,” jumped out of the rear window of the owner’s black SUV, and attacked a scooter rider in Wenshan District, Taipei City, while the car and scooters were stopped at a red light. The owner claimed that the dog had

A pilot was rescued after ejecting from an air force Brave Eagle advanced trainer jet shortly after take off from Chih-hang Air Base in Taitung City this morning, February 15. According to Air Force Command, a single pilot was aboard when the left engine failed shortly after take-off at around 8:40 am. The pilot ejected and parachuted into the sea. Another aircraft flying in formation with the crashed aircraft guided rescuers to the location of the downed pilot. A Ministry

At least four people died and 26 were injured after a suspected gas explosion in a department store in Taichung City, today, Wednesday, February 13. According to reports, a massive explosion occurred on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store at 11:33 am. Video footage uploaded to social media showed the floor-to-ceiling windows on several floors blowing out and falling onto the street below. Among the dead and injured were a family of seven visiting from Macau.

Two electric buses were sold for virtual pennies after 14 vehicles that once belonged to a bankrupt transport company were offered for auction in Taichung City today. The Taichung Branch of the Administrative Enforcement Agency of the Ministry of Justice reminded potential buyers of the danger of volatile batteries before holding the auction for electric buses that were seized from the beleaguered Sifang Electric Bus Company after the company went out of business in October 2023. The buses were what

Highway police reminded drivers to pay attention to the situation in front of their vehicle, and maintain a safe distance, after a light truck crashed into a maintenance vehicle before being hit by a car from behind on National Highway 1 today. According to Taiwan’s National Highway Police Bureau, a 47-year-old man, named Wu, was driving a light truck when he hit a highway maintenance anti-collision trailer in the fast lane of the southbound lanes in Miaoli County at around

A solar energy storage unit consisting of thousands of lithium batteries caught fire in the early hours of the morning after emitting smoke for more than 12 hours following a truck accident in Yunlin County yesterday, January 6. Yunlin County Fire Department received reports of a large truck overturning on a County Road 145B below the Huwei Interchange on National Highway One at around 1:00 pm , yesterday. The overturned truck was carrying solar power storage units, and white smoke