The fire at the Guanmiao Resource Recycling Plant in Tainan sent black smoke to the south and north to Kaohsiung, and Dagang Mountain was shrouded in thick smoke that smelled of plastic in the evening.

(Photo by reporter Su Funan)

[Reporter Su Funan/Kaohsiung Report] A fire broke out at a resource recycling plant in Guanmiao District, Tainan City this afternoon (30th), and a large amount of smoke drifted southward to Alian, Tianliao, Yanchao and other districts in Kaohsiung City. Dagang Mountain was shrouded in the evening Amid a cloud of plastic-smelling smoke, people complained and shouted: "I'm suffocating!"

The resource recycling plant on Nanxiong South Road in Guanmiao, Tainan reported a fire at 1:50 pm today. The recycling plant piled up a large number of plastic products. The Kaohsiung Tianliao outside is also clearly visible.

The wind direction is northwest this afternoon, and the air quality in Guanmiao District of Tainan City and Alian, Yanchao and Tianliao Districts of Kaohsiung City is seriously affected. "It's suffocating!" people complained and shouted in a cloud of plastic-smelling smoke.