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3 Vietnamese workers dead, 1 critical, after warehouse fire in Taoyuan City

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[Picture: United Daily News] Three Vietnamese nationals are confirmed dead, after two bodies were found this morning, in the wake of a fire that broke out at the Kerry Logistics Company warehouse in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, yesterday, February 6. A group of six Vietnamese workers employed by a sub-contractor entered the building at around 8:00am yesterday to perform maintenance work on air conditioning and refrigeration units during the Lunar New Year holiday period. At around 10:19am, a fire alarm

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Firefighters Exhausted after Fighting Fire in Junk-filled Residence

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[Picture: “I am Yonghe” Facebook group] Two upstairs residents were hospitalized with smoke inhalation injuries after a junk-filled residence went up in flames in the middle of the night, proving a headache for firefighters who found it difficult to get to the source of the fire. Residents of Fu-he Road in Yonghe District, New Taipei City, woke up this morning to find their street piled with rubbish and charred pieces of junk pulled out of the home by exhausted firefighters.

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12 Year-old Girl Rescued: Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty

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Firefighters rescued a girl trapped in a residence on fire in Kaohsiung today, but one firefighter lost his life due to smoke inhalation. At around 11:40am this morning, the fire department received reports of a fire at a 4 storey house in Qieding District of Kaohsiung City. According to reports in Apple Daily and other Chinese language media sources, the fire started in a kitchen, and was not intense, but generated a lot of smoke. When firefighters arrived at the

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Hospital Fire Leaves 9 Dead, 15 Injured

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Nine people died and 15 people were injured, 11 seriously, after a fire broke out on the 7th floor of Taipei Hospital in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, early this morning, August 13. According to United Daily News, the fire broke out at around 4:27am. A foreign carer alerted staff, and smoke detectors activated the fire alarm. However, the temperature was not sufficient to activate the automatic sprinkler system. The Fire Bureau dispatched 79 vehicles and 243 personnel to the

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Plastics Factory Burns for 16 hours

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A fire at a plastics factory in Taoyuan City was finally extinguished this morning after firefighters battled the blaze for 16 hours. The fire broke out in a plastics scrap yard located next to the factory in Guanyin District yesterday at around 3:00pm, and spread quickly due to the large amount of stored flammable materials. A total of 176 firefighters and 41 vehicles were dispatched to fight the blaze. The fire produced a large pall of thick, black smoke, which

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3 Injured in Taichung City Gas Explosion

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Three employees suffered burn injuries after a gas explosion and fire destroyed a food processing shop in Taichung City this morning. At around 5:00am, an explosion was heard in Jianxin Street in the eastern district. Witnesses at the scene reported multiple explosions. Firefighters rushed to the scene to find the shop engulfed in flames and 6 people trapped on the top floor of the three-storey building. Four male employees were working in the shop at the time of the explosion,

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Kindergarten Students Rescued From Roof After Being Trapped by Fire

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Twenty-five students and staff at a kindergarten in Tainan City were trapped on the roof of a three-storey building after a fire broke out on the first floor, today, May 18. At around 1:00pm, staff and students evacuated the building on Yongda Road, Yongkang District after it was filled with thick smoke. However, two teachers led 23 students from the second floor onto the roof. Fire units from Fuxing, Yongkang, Dawan, and Houjia rushed to the scene of the fire.

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2 Dead 5 Injured in Sanchong Gas Explosion

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At least two people are confirmed dead, and five people injured after an explosion in a residential apartment building in Sanchong District, New Taipei City this morning. At around 4:00am an explosion in a second floor apartment in Lane 220, Datong North Road, rocked the district, completely destroying the apartment and shattering windows and doors in surrounding residences. Firefighters rushed to the scene to find the apartment on fire. When the blaze was extinguished around 30 minutes later, firefighters found

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1 Dead, 7 Injured in Taipei Fire: Arson Suspect Arrested

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire swept through a residential apartment in Taipei City in the early hours of the morning today, March 1. A 54 year-old woman died in the blaze, while 7 people were treated for minor injuries. The second-floor apartment on Longjiang Road was divided into wooden cubicles and rented as staff quarters for a steak restaurant downstairs. It is believed that a man named Zhang had a dispute with a

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3 Dead and 1 Injured After Residential Fire in Cluttered House

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[Pictures: Taichung Fire Bureau.] Two men and one woman died in a fire in Taichung City this morning, and another woman suffered burns to 45% of her body. The dead were found on the second floor, which firefighters said was filled with piles of clutter and books. The dead were two males surnamed Huang, 33, and 70 years-old, and a woman named Su, 32 years-old. A 65 year-old woman named Lin managed to escape but suffered burns to her upper

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Man Suffers Burns After Go Kart Bursts into Flames

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A man turned into a human fireball after the go kart he was driving erupted into flames at a go kart track in Hsinchu County today, according to reports in Apple Daily and SETN. The twenty-one year-old man, named Peng, was enjoying a day out in sunny, warm weather, on the third day of the Lunar New Year holiday, when the accident happened in Hengshan Township shortly before 4:00 pm this afternoon. According to United Daily News, Peng suffered burns

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