On Wednesday night, a fire broke out in tin-roofed buildings on Erwang Road, Yongkang District, Tainan City. The cause of the fire is not yet clear, but the on-site blaze was extremely fierce and spread rapidly, affecting at least seven tin structures. After firefighters brought the fire under control, they immediately launched a search operation. Unfortunately, a couple in their forties was found dead in the disaster. The exact cause of the fire and financial losses are still under investigation and confirmation.
According to Taiwan 'China Times News Network', records from the Tainan City Fire Department’s 119 Dispatch Center indicate they received the emergency call at around 6:20 p.m. Multiple teams including the Daqiao Special Search Team, Yongkang Team, Rende Team, Baoxi Team, Hewei Team, and Gongyuan Team were urgently dispatched. In total, fifteen fire engines and thirty-four firefighters rushed to the scene for rescue operations. According to preliminary reports, the first tin-roofed building to catch fire was already completely ablaze, with two people trapped inside. The fire kept spreading outward, extending to adjacent tin-shack shops. The affected area was confirmed to range from No. 128 to No. 146 Erwang Road.
Firefighters devoted all their efforts to suppressing the blaze, and finally brought it under control at around 6:52 p.m. As reports had said two individuals were trapped, firefighters remained on high alert, continuing to search the site. Eventually, just after 7 p.m., a man and a woman were found in the No. 132 building. The couple, around forty years of age, had tragically been burned to death, and were not sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
It is understood that this row of tin-structure buildings houses businesses including a claw machine shop and a scooter repair shop. The initial source of the fire is believed to be the scooter store. The couple who perished were the proprietors of this business. When firefighters searched the premises, they found the two individuals at the front and rear of the shop. Both were clearly deceased and so were not sent to hospital. The district police will request a prosecutor to conduct an autopsy. The detailed cause of the blaze will be investigated further by the Fire Department’s Fire Investigation Division.
It is worth mentioning that this row of connected tin-roofed buildings seems to be ill-fated. In February of this year, a man surnamed Liu was involved in an incident in which he crashed a vehicle into a vacant shop here while driving under the influence, at the time also hitting a sedan parked at the intersection. To make matters worse, only a short while later, another tragedy struck—fire broke out in one of these shops available for lease, resulting in the heartbreaking loss of two lives.
Firefighters devoted all their efforts to suppressing the blaze, and finally brought it under control at around 6:52 p.m. As reports had said two individuals were trapped, firefighters remained on high alert, continuing to search the site. Eventually, just after 7 p.m., a man and a woman were found in the No. 132 building. The couple, around forty years of age, had tragically been burned to death, and were not sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
It is understood that this row of tin-structure buildings houses businesses including a claw machine shop and a scooter repair shop. The initial source of the fire is believed to be the scooter store. The couple who perished were the proprietors of this business. When firefighters searched the premises, they found the two individuals at the front and rear of the shop. Both were clearly deceased and so were not sent to hospital. The district police will request a prosecutor to conduct an autopsy. The detailed cause of the blaze will be investigated further by the Fire Department’s Fire Investigation Division.
It is worth mentioning that this row of connected tin-roofed buildings seems to be ill-fated. In February of this year, a man surnamed Liu was involved in an incident in which he crashed a vehicle into a vacant shop here while driving under the influence, at the time also hitting a sedan parked at the intersection. To make matters worse, only a short while later, another tragedy struck—fire broke out in one of these shops available for lease, resulting in the heartbreaking loss of two lives.