FIRE-TAIWAN – TELAM Agency
A fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan killed at least six people, including three firefighters who were victims of an explosion, and four others remain missing, local authorities reported today.
The fire, which started on Friday night, injured more than a hundred people, mostly workers, the Pingtung county government told local media.
The missing are a firefighter and three other people, reported the AFP news agency.
The president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing Wen, visited the site this Saturday morning to offer condolences to the families of the victims.
An official from the Pingtung fire department told local press that peroxide stored at the plant could have caused a large explosion, followed by several smaller ones and, consequently, the partial collapse of the roof, although the causes of the fire are unknown. under investigation.
Source: Ambito
