Fire broke out at the Gold Paper Store on Bade Street, Xinzhuang, New Taipei City. 57 people were evacuated and 14 were sent to hospital.

Today, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a fire alarm was reported at a gold paper shop on Bade Street, Xinzhuang, New Taipei City early in the morning. Due to the piles of flammable materials inside the house, fire smoke was rising. Many residents were awakened by the fire smoke and hurriedly reported the incident. Dozens of calls came to 119 to inform them that they were trapped and the situation was urgent. 119 personnel played the role of "listeners" and taught people online to evacuate in place and marked floors, The house number, along with the arrival of firefighters, the emergency water line blocked the fire on the second floor balcony of the house where the fire broke out, preventing the fire from spreading. The search and rescue personnel accurately went to each floor one by one to rescue the trapped people. A total of 57 people were evacuated, and all 14 people who reported being trapped were rescued and sent to the hospital as a precaution. Internal and external cooperation worked hard to suppress the fire in the old apartment. The cause of the fire still needs to be investigated and clarified.

New Taipei City 119 received a report at 6:41 this morning that the first floor of a fifth-floor condominium at No. 12, Lane 58, Bade Street, Xinzhuang District was completely in flames. Due to the rising smoke, reporting calls poured into 119. 119 officers played the role of listeners, guiding people to evacuate safely on the spot and marking the floor locations.

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The first batch of firefighters from the second brigade arrived. They were divided into multiple groups. One group of emergency water lines limited the fire to the first floor and did not spread to the balcony on the second floor. At the same time, multiple groups of search and rescue teams attacked the second to sixth floors, evacuated 57 people, and rescued 14 people, including a 4-year-old child. Fortunately, none of them were injured and were sent to the hospital as a preventive measure. The fire was under control within 20 minutes. The fire station worked together inside and outside to suppress the fire to a minimum.

New Taipei City Fire Chief Chen Chongyue also attended the scene and took command. He said that the fire broke out at the Jinxiang Shop on the first floor of an apartment on the fifth floor. Due to the fierce fire, dozens of calls came in to report the incident. The officers on duty taught the trapped people to take shelter in place and escape safely. Firefighters arrived and accurately evacuated and rescued people on each floor. They evacuated 57 residents downstairs. All 14 people who reported the incident were sent to the hospital. Only one person was slightly injured. Fortunately, they were all fine.

In addition, the Jinxiang Shop on the first floor where the fire broke out fell into a sea of ​​flames. Firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire with water. They successfully held on and prevented the fire from spreading. They successfully protected a large number of residents who were mostly resting at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to statistics from the New Taipei City Fire Department, the fire was controlled at 7:04 and extinguished at 48 minutes. The initial estimated burning area was 110 square meters. There was no one on the first floor of No. 12 (breakfast shop) and no one on the first floor of No. 14 (gold paper shop). 14 people (7 men and 7 women) were sent to the hospital as a precaution. The list of people sent to the hospital is There was a man in his 50s on the 2nd floor of No. 12 above the house where the fire broke out, five people on the 4th floor, two people on the 4th floor of No. 10, three people on the 3rd floor of No. 16, and two people on the 6th floor of No. 16. The fire department dispatched a total of 127 people in 51 vehicles (10 ambulances) from the 18th detachment of the 3rd brigade, 1st squadron.