The team history museum is on fire.

(Provided by the Facebook group "Pingtung Town Information")

[Reporter Luo Xinzhen/Pingtung Report] The "Dawuying District", the cradle of paratroopers in Pingtung City, has been relocated in conjunction with the construction of Pingtung General Rong. Except for a part of the current site being built as a hospital, the rest of the buildings are being restored by the Pingtung County Government and are expected to be built into "Dawuying Cultural and Creative Park", unexpectedly today (5th) there was a fire alarm at the old team history museum in the park at 1 o'clock in the morning. The fire was violent and extinguished at 4:10. fire tone.

The Dawuying area was formerly the site of the "Eighth Anti-aircraft Gun Company of the Japanese Army" organized in 1937. It mainly defended the defense of the Pingtung Airfield during the Japanese occupation period. After the war, it was taken over by the National Army and used as a paratrooper training base. The establishment of the hospital was planned, and the parachute training center was moved to the Dasheng Xiying District in the Air Force Pingtung Base the year before last.

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The Pingtung Veterans General Assembly opened in November last year. The 13 historical buildings in the original camp area next to the hospital were restored and revitalized by the Ping County Government in 4 districts. Unexpectedly, the team history museum in the 6th building in the second district has been fenced for construction. , but a fire broke out in the early hours of this morning. The fire was very violent and raging to the sky. Because it was located next to the Pingtung General Manager, it made people nervous. Fortunately, it did not affect the campus.

The Ping County Fire Department dispatched a total of 16 vehicles and 32 people from the Pingtung Fire Brigade, Ping 2nd Brigade, Banten Brigade, Changzhi Brigade, and Linluo Brigade to rescue after a report at about 1:28 a.m. The building was severely damaged.

Since there is no one at the team history museum at night, and there is no water and electricity at present, the fire department will send personnel to investigate the cause of the fire this morning. Whether it will affect the restoration of the historical building remains to be understood.

The team history museum is on fire.

(Provided by the Facebook group "Pingtung Town Information")

The original appearance of the team history museum.

(Photo by reporter Luo Xinzhen)