A car and two locomotives on the first floor of a 3rd-floor Tutiancuo building in Hemei Town were engulfed in flames, and the fire was once quite violent.

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[Reporter Tang Shiming/Changhua Report] The winter solstice is not peaceful!

During the daytime in Changhua County today, there were 7 residential or factory fires in Hemei, Xihu, Puxin, Puyan, Dacun and other townships, and more than 30 weed fires, which made firefighters exhausted. Among them, a building on Zhongxin Road in Hemei Township On the 3rd floor of Tutiancuo, sundries piled up on the arcade on the first floor, parked cars, and 2 motorcycles were engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. The fire was once quite violent. The mother and daughter were trapped on the back balcony. Firefighters set up a fire ladder to guide the 2 people to escape smoothly. Fortunately, only minor Choked, but the cars and locomotives were burned. Local residents said that people were burning gold papers near the winter solstice today. Unexpectedly, the strong wind blew the gold papers to the arcade and caused a fire.

The exact cause of the fire must be determined by the fire department.

According to statistics from the Changhua County Fire Department, as of 4:00 p.m. today, there were about 40 fires in the county, more than 30 fires involving weeds, and as many as 7 fires in houses or factories. The number of fires was three times the usual number. First, at 5 o'clock in the morning, there was a house fire on Daxi Road, Duoxihu Town. At one point, a family of four was trapped on the second floor. Fortunately, firefighters rescued them in time, and rescued the blackened four people and sent them to the hospital.

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At noon, the arcade on the first floor of a residential building on Zhongxin Road in Hemei Town suddenly caught fire. The fire spread to a car and two motorcycles parked in the arcade. The fire department reportedly dispatched as many as 8 teams of more than 30 firefighters to the rescue.

Firefighters arrived at the scene and found that the first floor was engulfed in flames. The debris, cars, and locomotives were on fire, and thick smoke was flying into the sky. They immediately deployed waterlines to rescue them. At one point, it was reported that a mother and daughter were trapped on the back balcony of the third floor. Firefighters rushed to set up The fire ladder led two people to climb down the ladder and was successfully rescued, but suffered minor choking injuries.

After dozens of minutes of rescue, the fire was extinguished. Fortunately, there were no serious casualties. The cause of the fire was clarified by the fire department.

Local residents said that someone was burning gold paper near the winter solstice today. It may be because of the strong wind that the burning gold paper was blown to the house to ignite debris and set fire to it. The fire spread to cars and locomotives. There was a crackling sound.

Coincidentally, Puxin Township, Puyan Township, Dacun Township, and Xichuan Road and Beilian Road in Hemei Town also reported fires in residential buildings and factories one after another around 1 p.m. The fire department dispatched 5 to 9 firefighters to rescue Among them, the factory fire in Dacun Township was also quite violent. Fortunately, no casualties were caused. The owner of the house suspected that it might have been accidentally ignited by someone burning gold paper. The fire department also wanted to further clarify the cause of the fire.

A factory in Dacun Township was engulfed in flames, and the fire was once quite violent.

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A factory in Hemei Town was engulfed in flames, and the fire was once quite violent.

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