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Fire breaks out at Chung Hwa Pulp mill in Taitung

A fire broke out in an outdoor paper storage area at the Chung Hwa Pulp mill in Taitung on Saturday morning. Firefighters responded with ground support and requested aerial water drops from airborne services to control the flames, reporting no injuries or spread to the main factory buildings. The cause of the fire remains unconfirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on location across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • ettoday台東廠
  • ltn台東
  • newtalk台東
  • epochtimes台东
  • pts台東廠
WhereTaitung
22.760, 121.145 ±10 km
First reported35 days ago
Published2026-09-20 07:46 UTC
Occurred2026-09-20
Sources5
How this travelled.
Reports8Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire breaks out at Chung Hwa Pulp mill in Taitung. 2026-09-20T07:46:04.429Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2936. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-20/wildfire-taitung-0cf6df88

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