A stroller in a kindergarten in Xindian, New Taipei City caught fire, 11 people evacuated safely without any casualties

A kindergarten stroller carrying 10 children and a teacher was passing by the intersection of Zhongxing Road Section 1 and Zhongzheng Road in Xindian District, New Taipei City at about 8:40 this morning when unusually thick smoke suddenly erupted from the vehicle. (Photo taken by reporter Zheng Jingyi)

A kindergarten stroller carrying 10 children and 1 teacher was driving through the intersection of Zhongxing Road Section 1 and Zhongzheng Road in Xindian District, New Taipei City at about 8:40 this morning. Smoke suddenly erupted from the vehicle. The driver surnamed Liu, 63, noticed something strange and quickly pulled over. He and the teacher who accompanied the vehicle guided the 10 children to evacuate to the roadside. The vehicle then fell into flames.

The police and the Xindian Branch Bitan Police Station in the jurisdiction rushed to the water line after receiving the call and completely extinguished the fire at 9:10 a.m. Fortunately, no one was injured, including the driver and the 11 teachers and students at the scene.

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It is understood that at about 8:40 this morning, Liu Nan drove a stroller to pick up a child to the kindergarten. When he was passing by the intersection of Zhongxing Road Section 1 and Zhongzheng Road in Xindian District, white smoke suddenly came out of the vehicle. Liu Nan was alerted that something was wrong, and immediately parked the vehicle on the side of the road, and together with the teacher on board the vehicle, he quickly guided the 10 children to get out of the car and take refuge in an orderly manner. Shortly after everyone got out of the car, the vehicle burst into flames and spread rapidly. Liu Nan immediately called the police to report the incident for help. After receiving the report, the kindergarten immediately dispatched another school bus to the scene and successfully picked up 10 students and teachers and returned to the kindergarten. Only Liu Nan was left at the scene to cooperate with the police and firefighters.

After receiving the notification, the Bitan Police Station of the Xindian Police Branch in the jurisdiction and the New Taipei City Fire Department did not dare to be careless and assigned disaster relief vehicles, fire fighters and online police forces to rush to the scene. When the disaster relief personnel arrived at the scene, the stroller was completely in flames and a large amount of thick smoke was coming out. The firefighters immediately pulled up the water line and tried their best to put out the fire. The police were also on the scene to maintain order in the surrounding area, and the fire was completely extinguished at 9:10 am.

The entire stroller at the scene had been burned by the fire and only the iron frame was left. Fortunately, the evacuation was timely and no one was trapped or injured, and traffic on the scene was not blocked. The detailed cause of the vehicle fire and the exact fault point are still pending further evidence collection and forensic analysis by the fire investigation department personnel of the fire department.

The police and the Xindian Branch Bitan Police Station in the jurisdiction rushed to the water line after receiving the report and completely extinguished the fire at 9:10 am. Fortunately, no one of the 11 teachers and students at the scene was injured. (Photo taken by reporter Zheng Jingyi)