AT LEAST SIX KILLED, OVER 100 INJURED IN TAIWAN FACTORY FIRE
At least six people were killed in a fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan, three of them firefighters who died in an explosion, according to authorities on Saturday.
According to the Pingtung county government, the fire, which broke out on Friday evening and raged all night, injured more than 100 people, the majority of whom were workers.
One firefighter and three other people are missing.
Taiwanās President Tsai Ing-wen visited the scene on Saturday morning and expressed condolences to the victimsā families. She said an investigation into the cause of the tragedy is underway.
āI want to thank everyone for their hard work and please stay safe,ā Tsai told emergency response personnel.
She also stopped at the morgue to pay respects to the victims and visited the injured at a hospital.
An official with the Pingtung Fire Department told local media that chemical peroxide stored inside the factory could have been the cause of the one large and several smaller explosions.
Several people were trapped inside due to the blasts, which caused a section of the factory roof to collapse.
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