htmlThe fire in the "City-In-City" building in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, occurred in the early morning of October 14, killed 46 people and injured 41 people. On the morning of October 17, the identities of 46 victims were confirmed.
The prosecutor initially determined that the fire was caused by the suspect, a woman surnamed Huang, who improperly used the fire in the room. According to current laws and regulations in Taiwan, a woman surnamed Huang died of negligence and could be sentenced to 5 years in prison for fixed-term .
According to the prosecution's investigation, a woman surnamed Huang and her boyfriend surnamed Guo were drinking and chatting in the first floor suite on the 13th at night. During the process, a woman surnamed Huang spot sandalwood powder repels mosquitoes .
At around 11 o'clock in the evening, a man surnamed Guo left first. In the early morning of the 14th, Huang Nu poured the unfinished fragrant powder directly into the trash can and left , which eventually led to a tragedy.
Director Prosecutor Xu Hongru:
The defendant surnamed Huang knew that he would light agarwood and should pay attention to whether the flame was completely extinguished before leaving, but he ignored it. The flame that had not extinguished burned items and caused a fire, which was liable for negligence.
At present, the prosecution requested the detention of Huang's woman to Kaohsiung District Court for negligence and fire. The man surnamed Guo was handed over bail for NT$1, NT$2 for NT$1.
According to the current laws in Taiwan, the sentence for is not more than 1 year for fire crimes, and the sentence for negligent death crimes can be sentenced to up to 5 years. According to the principle of "choose one and severe punishment", the female suspect surnamed Huang can be sentenced to up to 5 years.
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Fire cases caused by mosquito coil ignition
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case 1
In the early morning of October 28, 2020, a fire broke out in a mechanical and electrical engineering company in Qiaotou Town, Dongguan. Two employees living in the company's dormitory could not avoid it and died of inhalation of a large amount of thick smoke.
The fire department has determined that the accident was caused by the employer Li Moumei's mosquito coil igniting the surrounding combustible materials. After
Afterwards, the family of the deceased and the employer failed to negotiate on the compensation plan many times, the Lingtou Community Committee of Qiaotou Town intervened and asked for help from the Qiaotou Court of Dongguan Third Court to jointly mediate the dispute. In the end, the parties reached an agreement, and the families of the two deceased were compensated 1.15 million yuan and 1.06 million yuan respectively. Li Moumei was detained on suspicion of fire.
Case 2
At 22:30 on June 25, 2021, a small car at the passenger station next to Terminal T3, Huli District, Xiamen caught fire, fortunately no casualties. The investigation team found that Chen, an employee of a certain automobile service company in Fujian, was suspected of causing a fire by negligence, and was formally investigated.
On the night of the fire accident, Chen was working, placed the ignited mosquito coil on the combustible material next to the vehicle. After the work, the mosquito coil was not extinguished when he left the scene, causing the unextinguished mosquito coil to ignite the surrounding combustible material to eventually spread into a disaster. It was determined that the direct property loss price of the fire was RMB 1.57 million.
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Source: CCTV4 "China News", Henan Fire Protection, National Emergency Broadcast, Guangzhou Fire Protection
