China News Service, June 16. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", a fire broke out in a tire car repair shop in a section of Dongda Road, Hsinchu City on the evening of the 15th. Four adults and four children were killed in the fire. The cause of the fire was actually the second son of the owner of the house. It is suspected that he got angry with his family and set the fire on fire.
A fire broke out at a tire repair shop in a section of Dongda Road, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, on the evening of the 15th. Firefighters were called to the scene to put out the fire. Image source: Taiwan's "Central News Agency"
According to reports, Hsinchu City Fire Department No. 1 Captain Zhang Zhizhi said at a press briefing on the 16th that according to the owner of the house, after an argument with his family on the evening of the 15th, Chen drove to a gas station to buy gasoline. After setting fire to his home, Chen fled the scene and was injured and sent to the hospital. The owner of the house on the first floor escaped in time, but the four adults and four children on the second floor were unable to escape and died in the flames.
Zhang Zhizhi said that the scene was a metal building, and the fierce fire burned through the flammable material on the second floor. The eight deceased people should have fallen from the second floor.
Zhang Zhizhi said that according to the owner of the house, he was preparing to close the store and brought four motorcycles into the store on the first floor. After buying the gasoline, he set fire near the motorcycles on the first floor. At that time, many adults saw this and they were suspected of trying to save the children. They rushed to the second floor. Preliminary analysis showed that the fire was too fierce and the eight people were suspected to have been choked by the thick smoke and were unable to escape in time.
reported that Hsinchu City Police Department Second Branch Chief Su Weiquan said on the 16th that the preliminary understanding was that Chen had a quarrel with his family, lost control of his emotions, bought oil and set fire to the house. The suspect was suppressed and treated with medical care after the incident, and the owner of the house was released from the community. The Office is assisting with resettlement, and the entire case has been transferred for investigation on suspicion of murder and arson.
