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Fire at computer recycling facility in Tainan spreads to adjacent factory

A fire broke out late on 24 November at a recycling yard storing computer peripherals in Tainan's Yongkang District, burning approximately 330 square metres and spreading to an adjacent stinky tofu factory. Firefighters extinguished the blaze after roughly seven hours of operations, and authorities reported no casualties. The cause of the ignition has not been confirmed.

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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 attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • ltn環保局
  • newtalk消防人員
2 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • ettoday台南
  • ltn台南
  • newtalk台南永康
  • pts台南
WhereTainan
22.991, 120.213 ±10 km
First reported30 days ago
Published2026-09-25 07:28 UTC
Occurred2026-09-24
Sources4
Casualties reported0
How this travelled.
Reports11Independent tellings4
4 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire at computer recycling facility in Tainan spreads to adjacent factory. 2026-09-25T07:28:43.634Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3472. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-25/40-7f22f73b

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