Taiwan media: Hualien dementia elderly people burn ants in the room to cause a fire, resulting in 2 deaths and 1 injury

Source: World Wide Web

According to Taiwan's TVBS News Network, a fire broke out in a tin bungalow in Hualien City, Taiwan today (9th) at noon, 3 elderly people with limited mobility were trapped in beds, 2 people could not escape and were burned to death, and 1 person was rescued by firefighters and sent to the hospital to restore consciousness. According to preliminary understanding, the cause of the fire was a 67-year-old dementia elderly man who burned ants in the room and caused a fire.

The Hualien Fire Station went to the rescue

According to the report, at about 1 p.m. on the 9th, a fire broke out in a private house on Guofu Street in Hualien City, and the Hualien Fire Department dispatched 20 cars and 60 people to the rescue after receiving the report, and at one point it was reported that 3 people were trapped, and the firefighters entered the rescue and first rescued a 70-year-old mother-in-law surnamed Zheng, who had no signs of life at that time, and the ambulance personnel rushed to send her to the hospital for rescue, and now has recovered consciousness. Firefighters later found the 93-year-old grandfather and the 64-year-old mother-in-law inside the house, but both were dead.

According to the report, the preliminary understanding is that the cause of the fire is because a 67-year-old man surnamed Zhang with dementia (dementia) burned ants in the room to cause a fire, and the fire has been extinguished, and the detailed cause of the fire is still being clarified.