3 workers injured after roadworks sewer-gas explosion in New Taipei City

firefighters tend to injured workers at site of gas explosion

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Banqiao District, explosion, gas explosion, New Taipei City

Three workers were injured, two cars damaged, and a McDonald’s fast food restaurant suffered broken windows and a damaged ceiling after an explosion Banqiao District this morning, April 26. According to reports, at around 8:45am, workers on a sidewalk and sewer improvement project, at the intersection of Duxing Road and Xicheng Road, were drilling into the ground when flammable gases in the sewer ignited, blowing a manhole cover into the air, and spraying chunks of broken pavement into nearby buildings

Traffic Accidents

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Taichung City

Three people suffered non life-threatening injuries after a truck crashed into the back of a bus, pushing it into another truck, in Taichung City, today, April 23. Fortunately, the bus was not carrying any passengers at the time. The electric bus was on Xiang-shang Road at the intersection of Baoning Road in Shalu District when a cargo truck crashed into the rear at around 9:30am. The impact of the crash caused the bus to then crash into the back of

Violent Crimes

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, New Taipei City, Taishan District

Police are searching for a man after a 10-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother were found dead in their beds in their father’s apartment in Taishan District, New Taipei City, yesterday. The children’s mother, 36-year-old Ms Yang, expected her ex-husband, Mr Wu, 40, to bring her daughter home at around 5:00pm, after having spent the weekend with her father and little brother. When the girl failed to come home, and Wu did not respond to phone calls, Ms Yang called

suspect arrested in muddy vegetable field

Violent Crimes

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, Kaohsiung City, murder-robbery

A suspect was arrested in Tainan City today, after an elderly woman was found dead in her home in Kaohsiung City Wednesday, April 17. At around 8:00am Wednesday, the son of the 78-year-old woman named Wei, paid his mother a visit as was his daily routine, only to find the glass on the front door broken, and his mothers lifeless body in her bedroom. Paramedics who responded to the son’s 119 call found that Ms Wei was already dead and

aftermath of drunk driving accident in Chiayi County, Taiwan

Traffic Accidents

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, Chiayi County, drunk-driver

Four people were injured after a the driver of a minivan hit vehicles head-on at high speed while traveling on the wrong side of the road in Chiayi County this morning, April 19. The van slammed into two scooters, and sideswiped a sedan, before hitting a school bus carrying 35 students to Sieh Chih Vocational High School at around 7:30am. The fire bureau received reports of an accident on Xing-gang Road in Lunyang Village, Liujiao Township, at 7:32am. The two

Earthquakes

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment earthquake, Hualien County

Breaking news: updates expected. A 6.1 magnitude shallow earthquake centered in Hualien County shook the whole island of Taiwan in the early afternoon, injuring two, and causing minor damage to some roads and buildings today, April 18. Two people were injured, including a Malaysian tourist, when rocks tumbled onto a hiking trail in Hualien County’s Taroko Gorge. Train services stopped on the east coast railway line, Taipei Metro, and the High Speed Rail, according to standard operating procedures as track inspections are

Fire

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

Ladder truck involved in rescue of boy who fell from 17th floor.

Society

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Kaohsiung City

A boy in Kaohsiung City is in a serious condition, but conscious and able to speak, after falling from his family’s 17th floor apartment onto a second floor awning this evening, April 15. At around 5:35pm, neighbors called emergency services after being alerted to the fall by the boy’s mother’s screams. Firefighters who attended the incident on the corner of Guanxing Street and Mingcheng Road, found the boy conscious and writhing in pain. “My stomach hurts,” the boy said. The

Traffic Accidents

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment high-speed crash, Taipei City

A driver was declared dead in hospital after being pulled out of the wreck of a car that flew as high as the second floor of nearby buildings before crashing into a wall in Taipei City, during peak commuter traffic, this morning, April 15. At around 9:00am, Mr Jiang (姜), 46, came off an exit ramp of the Jianguo Expressway onto Jianguo South Road at high speed, drifting right, and plowing into parked scooters before hitting the kerb, launching his

the last known female member of rafetus-swinhoei after dying at a zoo in China

Environment

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Rafetus swinhoei, Yangtze giant softshell turtle

The Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) may become an extinct species after the only captive female, and one of only four known living individuals, died at a zoo in Suzhou City yesterday, April 13. The turtle, a member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world, died after an attempt to artificially inseminate the more than 90-year-old specimen by a team of scientists, Friday, April 12. Chinese language media reports say that the turtle, which is listed as

Politics

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment China, Li Yi, 李毅

A Chinese scholar who urges the government of China to take Taiwan by military force was deported this morning, April 12, after his tourist visa was cancelled yesterday. Li Yi (李毅), who identifies himself as “an American sociologist”, came to Taiwan under the guise of tourism, but was found to be due to appear as a speaker at a China unification support parade to be held in Taichung City tomorrow, Saturday, April 13. The parade, to be followed by a

3 workers injured after roadworks sewer-gas explosion in New Taipei City

3 injured after bus sandwiched between two trucks

Police search for father after two kids found dead in New Taipei City

Suspect arrested for home-invasion murder of elderly woman in Kaohsiung City

Suspected drunk driver slams head-on into scooters and a school bus

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Taiwan

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

11-year-old boy survives 15-floor fall

Driver killed after car goes airborne in Taipei City crash

Giant turtle faces extinction as last known female dies in a Chinese zoo

Chinese unification by military force advocate deported from Taiwan