The Shenming Hall on the second floor of a residential building on Taiping Yixin Road in Taichung caught fire this morning. Firefighters were reported to the scene and broke down the iron rolling door to enter the house for rescue and quickly extinguished the fire.

(Photo by reporter Chen Jianzhi)

[Reporter Chen Jianzhi/Taichung Report] A house in Taiping Yixin Road, Taichung, black smoke continued to be emitted from the window on the second floor at 7:00 this morning. Neighbors found it and reported it immediately. The Taichung City Fire Department was reported to dispatch 3 teams, more than 20 People came to the scene for rescue. Because no one was at home, they immediately used a disc cutter to destroy the iron rolling door and entered the room to put out the fire. When they found a fire in the Shenming Hall on the second floor, they quickly poured out water to put out the fire. The fire was extinguished in less than 10 minutes. Fortunately, no one was injured. It will be clarified after identification by fire investigators.

The Taichung City Fire Department received a report from the public at 7:39 this morning, saying that the neighbor's house on Taiping Yixin Road was on fire and continued to smoke. Because the family members of the residents were out of work and no one was at home, firefighters were asked to dispatch fire trucks to the scene to put out the fire. The newspaper immediately dispatched 3 teams including Zhongshan, Dongying, and Dongshan, dispatched 8 fire-fighting vehicles of various types, and 26 firefighters arrived at the scene for rescue.

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When the firefighters arrived, they found that the windows on the second floor continued to emit smoke. Since no one was home, they decided to use a disc cutter to destroy the iron rolling door on the first floor to enter the room for rescue. After the firefighters entered the house, they found that the fire was suspected to be on the second floor, so they climbed the stairs immediately When I went up to the second floor, I found that the sundries next to the Shenming Hall on the second floor were on fire, and the fire was rescued immediately. The fire was extinguished in less than 10 minutes. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The detailed cause of the fire will be clarified by the fire investigators.