The dormitory of migrant workers at the Houlong Textile Thread Manufacturing Factory in Miaoli caught fire in the early hours of the morning, and the migrant workers fled in panic.

(Provided by the Fire Department of Miaoli County Government)

[Reporter Cai Zhengmin/Miaoli Report] The Fire Department of the Miaoli County Government pointed out this morning that a fire broke out in the immigrant worker dormitory of a textile thread factory in Xizhouli, Houlong Township at around 5:00 this morning. Firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving the report and found The migrant workers' dormitory was already on fire, and the fire was extinguished immediately.

The Fire Department of Miaoli County Government stated that because the first floor had an iron rolling door, it was difficult to enter at the time of the fire. Therefore, destructive equipment was used to cut the iron rolling door to help put out the fire. Finally, it was finally extinguished, and the burning area was 80 square meters.

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The firefighters asked the person in charge of the factory and learned that when the fire broke out, the migrant workers hurriedly escaped. No one was trapped and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.