2023-09-23 06:46:34
At least Five people, two workers and three firefighters, have died in a factory fire in an industrial park in Pingtung County, Taiwan, which has also left hundreds injured.
In a statement, the county government has said that the two workers, a man and a woman, were found without vital signs and were later pronounced dead in hospital and that five other people (three factory workers and a firefighter) are still They are missing, as reported by the Taiwanese news agency CNA.
Con the fire burning for more than 12 hoursthe county Fire Office began using large excavators, trying to search for missing people, while relatives of the missing people waited anxiously at the scene.
The fire has left three firefighters dead and more than 100 injured as of 9:30 a.m. (local time) this Saturday. Authorities have also reported that a total of 102 injured were sent to hospitals in Pingtung and neighboring Kaohsiung, including 35 sent to Pingtung Veterans General Hospital.
The cause of the fire and subsequent explosions remain under investigation, but the Fire Department has explained that unexpected explosions occurred just after they tried to extinguish the flames with water and authorities suspect that the presence of natural gas may have influenced.
The Bureau added that the explosions caused a section of the factory building to collapse, trapping several people under the rubble.
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