Firefighters rescue 13 people from residential building fire in New Taipei City

A firefighter rescues a baby in New Taipei City

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Banqiao District, firefighters, New Taipei City, residential fire

Firefighters carried babies and elderly people out of a building after a fire in Banqiao District affected 17 households this morning, April 17. A total of 34 people were evacuated from the six-storey building, of whom 13 required rescue after being trapped. One family was trapped for 20 minutes until firefighters finally reached them, and helped carry 2 infants out of the apartment. Ten of the residents were sent to hospital for precautionary check-ups and treatment for light injuries. Firefighters

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March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fire, gas explosion, Yilan County

A married couple and their eight-month-old baby died after a massive residential gas explosion destroyed one house and damaged 12 in Su’ao Township, Yilan County, yesterday, March 9. At around 5:00pm, a massive blast tore through the neighborhood on Shengxian Road, shattering neighbor’s windows and causing buildings as far as 400 meters away to shake. “I thought it was an earthquake,” a nearby resident told an Apple Daily reporter. The resident saw smoke pouring out of the house and wanted

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February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, Kerry Logistics, Taoyuan City, warehouse fire

[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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December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firefighters, residential fire, Yonghe District

[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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December 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Indonesia, Tsunami

[Picture: Weather.com] Eight Taiwanese nationals are reported trapped in southern Sumatra’s South Lampung Regency after a series of waves hit coastal regions around the Sunda Strait last night, Saturday, December 22. A Taiwanese businessman representing the Three Wheels Foundation charity group told Taiwan’s Central News Agency that a group of eight tourists were affected by the disaster. Two adults in the group are reported to be relatively seriously injured after being hit by heavy objects while escaping from the waves,

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September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firefighters, Kaohsiung City, residential fire

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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September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drowning, Ilan County, rogue waves

The number of fatalities caused by large waves generated by typhoon Jebi rose today after two bodies were found off the coast of Ilan County and another woman drowned this morning. Seven people were washed into the ocean in three separate incidents in Ilan County yesterday afternoon when a series of large waves suddenly surged over the beach at Nanao and Neiwan. In one of the incidents, an eight year-old girl cried for help after being dragged out by a

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August 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hospital fire, Xinzhuang District

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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July 30, 2018August 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment factory fire, Taoyuan City

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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June 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gas explosion, Taichung

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,

products fell off supermarket shelves in Taitung City

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May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taitung

A series of 4 shallow quakes offshore of Taitung City this morning caused sirens to sound, sending residents to seek the safety of the outdoors. The largest of the quakes measured 4.6 at the epicenter but was felt as a magnitude 5 in the city. The first, and strongest tremor hit at 9:03am at a depth of 7.4km, 13.1km north-east of the city, and was followed by aftershocks of magnitude 3.9, 3.5, and 3.5, at 9:04am, 9:17am, and 9:19am, respectively.

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Firefighters rescue 13 people from residential building fire in New Taipei City

Gas explosion leaves 3 dead, 12 homes damaged

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

Firefighters Exhausted after Fighting Fire in Junk-filled Residence

8 Taiwanese Trapped in Tsunami Disaster Zone: 2 Injured

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

Rogue Wave Death-toll reaches 5, Three still Missing

Hospital Fire Leaves 9 Dead, 15 Injured

Plastics Factory Burns for 16 hours

3 Injured in Taichung City Gas Explosion

4 Tremors Shake Taitung City: No Serious Damage or Injuries