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on october 3, a fire broke out at antai hospital in donggang, pingtung, taiwan, killing nine people and injuring many others. zhu fenglian, spokesperson for the taiwan affairs office of the state council, said: we are saddened by the occurrence of such an accident, express condolences to the taiwanese compatriots who unfortunately died, and express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims and the injured.

(cctv reporter zhao chaoyi)

previously reported:

fire breaks out in a hospital in pingtung, taiwan, killing 9 people

china news service, taipei, october 3 (reporter chen xiaoyuan) a fire broke out at donggang antai hospital in pingtung county, taiwan on the 3rd. as of press time, nine people had died.

the pingtung county fire department received a report at 7:41 that day that thick smoke was coming out of donggang antai hospital, and firefighters rushed to the rescue.

the communications and international affairs office of the pingtung county government issued a press release stating that there were 324 patients in building d of donggang antai hospital. as of 12:00 that day, 323 people had been recovered and sent to other hospitals for placement. among them, 8 people had stopped breathing and heartbeat before being sent to the hospital, and were declared dead despite all-out rescue efforts.

according to reports from taiwanese media such as lianhe news network and ettoday news cloud, the deceased were mainly bedridden elders.

in addition, police and fire fighters found a hospital employee who was originally registered as missing in the electromechanical building of the hospital in the afternoon, but he had died.

affected by typhoon shantuoer, there were heavy winds and rains in pingtung county that day, which caused difficulties in rescue and patient transfer. the pingtung county health bureau has activated a large number of casualty treatment mechanisms.

the specific cause of the fire remains under investigation.

according to a report from zhongshi news network, a fire alarm was also reported at keelung chang gung memorial hospital at 12:26 that day. when firefighters rushed to the scene, they found dense smoke in the pipe room of the computer room on the 13th floor of the hospital, but no open flames. firefighters evacuated a total of 126 patients and their families.