A fire alarm was reported at a construction site in Taichung South District in the morning.

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[Reporter Xu Guozhen/Taichung Report] A fire alarm was reported in a construction building on Taiyuan Road, Beitun District, Taichung City in the early hours of this morning. The fire broke out on the 14th floor of the building. Formwork was piled up on the site due to burning, and dense smoke could be seen several kilometers away. Firefighters The bureau was informed that a total of 18 firefighters and ladder trucks were dispatched, as well as 88 firefighters and firefighters. The fire was extinguished within about two hours, but fortunately no one was injured.

Unexpectedly, at 10:00 a.m., there was also a fire alarm at a construction site in the second section of Fuxing Road in the Southern District. The fire department was reported to dispatch 5 units including the Xinyi Fire Brigade to put out the fire. The fire was put out at 10:41 a.m. The 42-year-old male cadre was sent to the hospital with choking injuries and slight burns on his forehead. After investigation, the scene was a warehouse for storing construction materials such as Styrofoam. The cause of the fire will be identified and clarified by subsequent fire investigators.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.

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