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Fire breaks out at landfill in Keelung

A fire broke out on the afternoon of 30 May at the Tianwaitian landfill on Peide Road in Keelung's Xinyi District, involving discarded mattresses and tires. Emergency services deployed 16 vehicles and 37 personnel to contain the blaze, while environmental authorities advised residents across seven districts to keep windows closed. The cause of the fire and whether any casualties occurred remain unresolved.

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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.
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  • newtalk童子瑋
3 differing positions reported on location across 6 publishers; unresolved.
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  • ltn基隆天外天垃圾掩埋場
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3 differing positions reported on timing across 3 publishers; unresolved.
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  • ltn15小時
  • newtalk14小時
WhereKeelung
25.131, 121.741 ±10 km
First reported25 days ago
Published2026-09-30 08:46 UTC
Occurred2026-09-30
Sources6
How this travelled.
Reports16Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire breaks out at landfill in Keelung. 2026-09-30T08:46:16.938Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4100. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-30/1637-7-aac43ad7

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