Death toll from New Taipei fiery blast rises to 3 (update)

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/06
By: Sunrise Huang and Jay Chen

Taipei, July 6 (CNA) A 20-year-old university student died Monday of burns sustained in a recent fiery blast at a water park in New Taipei, bringing the death toll from the fire to three, health officials said.

Chen Tien-shun (陳天順), who suffered burns to about 50 percent of his body, died after 10 days in an intensive care unit at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou District, New Taipei.

He was a junior in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tamkang University, also in New Taipei.

In accordance with the wishes of his family, Chen was transferred to his own home in Banciao District in the city shortly before his death.     [FULL  STORY]