Taiwan English News
Date: December 14, 2019
By: Phillip Charlier \
Seven people died and three were injured after a deliberately lit fire engulfed a building housing members of a Buddhist sect in Tainan City in the early hours of the morning today, December 14.
The Tainan City Fire Department received reports of the fire in the rural Yujing District at around 1:20am. Eleven fire appliances and 21 personnel were dispatched to the three-storey building housing 46 members of a Buddhist commune.
The fire was brought under control at around 3:15, and after firefighters entered the building, 6 burned corpses were found on the second floor. A female was also found OHCA and was declared dead after arrival at the hospital.
Three injuries were reported, including two men who jumped from a second-floor window, and one firefighter who broke his arm after falling from the second floor while clearing debris.
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