Taiwanese Printed Circuit Board manufacturers have reported 12 factory fires over the past 8 years
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/30
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Including the fire that broke out at a printed circuit board (PCB)
Blaze at Chin Poon factory. (By Central News Agency)
in Taoyuan, Taiwan on Saturday, killing seven, there have been 12 other fires reported at Taiwanese-owned PCB plants over the past eight years, reported EBC.
Saturday’s deadly fire at a Chin Poon Industrial Co (敬鵬工業) PCB factory in Taoyuan’s Pingzhen District which claimed the lives of five firefighters and two Thai migrant workers, is the latest in a long string of blazes that have occurred at Taiwanese PCB plants in recent years.
In the year 2000, a fire also broke out at the same plant in Pingzhen when hot kerosene overflowed from a pressure plate and led nearby diesel fuel to ingnite and cause a small explosion, fortunately, there were no injuries. Because the PCB manufacturing process require the use of many flammable materials and chemicals, including strong oxidizers such as sodium permanganate, fires can easily occur due to improper preservation, processing or pipeline maintenance. [FULL STORY]
