Firefighters rushed to help.

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[Reporter Xu Guozhen/Taichung Report] Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, a Toutian residential house and company in Dali District, Taichung City. Because the firecrackers were not fully burned, they caught fire, and a large amount of thick smoke rushed out for a while, scaring the neighbors nearby to report the incident. Firefighters were informed and rushed to rescue a pair of siblings who had been trapped for a while. Fortunately, none of their lives were in danger.

The Taichung City Fire Department received a report at 7:00 this morning. A fire broke out in a house in Dali District. 13 fire trucks and 32 personnel were dispatched immediately. When the team leader Zhan Renjie was the on-site commander, the scene was an RC building on the third floor. The fire was burning, and it was initially judged that the fire was located in the storage room at the rear of the first floor. In addition to quickly deploying waterlines for irrigation, they entered the fire scene to start rescue.

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Firefighters rescued two once-trapped people at the scene, a 24-year-old sister and a 17-year-old brother. Fortunately, both of them were conscious and sent to the hospital as a preventive measure. The fire was brought under control at 7:31. It is understood that the The house is also a mechanical maintenance company. After setting off firecrackers to start work according to the custom, the owner and his wife swept up the debris of the firecrackers and put them in the so-called "wealth" storage room. Then they drove to the factory in another county to start work.

Unexpectedly, in the firecracker crumbs in the storage room, there are suspected firecrackers that were not fully burned, which caused the fire to re-ignite, and almost affected a pair of children who stayed at home. Further identification and clarification.

The storage room at the back of the first floor where the fire was initially judged has been burned.

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