Home fined over low staffing levels
Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-06
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Six people were reported dead and one in critical condition after a fire 
A total of 28 people, also mostly residents, were injured after a reported short-circuit in a room inside the eighth-floor retirement home. Only two members of staff were present at the time to care for about 40 residents, making a rapid evacuation of the elderly people difficult, reports said.
The blaze started at 7 a.m. and was extinguished within 45 minutes, according to firefighters. A total of 60 ambulances arrived at the scene to help evacuate the injured.
Three of the victims were found dead inside the room where the fire reportedly started, while the other fatalities died at the hospital, reports said. According to investigators, first indications showed that a short-circuit in an electrical appliance might have caused the fire. [FULL STORY]