Taipei, Oct 3 (VOICE) A hospital fire, which broke out on Thursday morning in Pingtung County in Taiwan, has claimed eight lives, according to local media reports.The Pingtung County government said that the eight individuals — six men and two women — showed no signs of life after being rescued from the fire site and were declared dead despite emergency resuscitation efforts.
The local fire department received a report at 7:41 a.m. of thick smoke emanating from a building at Antai Tian-sheng Memorial Hospital, news agency reported.
Addressing the media earlier, Su Ching-chyuan, the hospital’s honorary dean, said that the fire was caused by the combustion of an air compressor in a hospital building’s machine room, adding that most of the victims were elderly hospitalised patients.
Rescue personnel on-site told local media that the fire is now under control.
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