Fire broke out late at night at the garbage collection site on Airport North Road in Pingtung City, and fire fighters put it out overnight

A fire broke out at the Pingtung City Airport North Road garbage collection site at 11:10 pm on the 9th. The fire was quite violent and thick smoke continued. The Pingtung County Fire Department was notified and dispatched a large number of people to put out the fire. The fire was extinguished an hour later. Pingtung Mayor Zhou Jiaqi rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the report. Fortunately, no one was injured at the scene. In addition to bowing and thanking the hard-working firefighters, Zhou Jiaqi also reminded the public to wear masks when going out. The fire alarm did not affect garbage operations and will still operate normally today.

Pingtung City Airport North Road garbage collection site, in addition to serving as a garbage transfer station, various resource recycling is also concentrated there. On the evening of the 9th, the wind in Pingtung became stronger, and the garbage collection site suddenly caught fire. Thick smoke continued to emerge from the site. The fire department was reported to dispatch the Pingtung and Ping 2 teams and large A group of personnel went to the scene to put out the fire, and the fire was extinguished after more than an hour. No one was injured at the scene. Mayor Zhou Jiaqi rushed to the scene after being reported and participated in the entire disaster relief process. After the fire was extinguished, she bowed deeply to the firefighters and thanked the fire-fighting heroes for their timely efforts to put out the fire.

Zhou Jiaqi reminded Pingtung citizens to wear masks when going out. The air quality nearby was poor. The fire did not cause major damage. Therefore, she reported to citizens and friends that Pingtung City’s garbage operations will operate normally today and will not be affected by the fire.