Residential fire and suspected gas explosion reported in Hsinchu

Emergency services responded to a fire and suspected gas explosion at a five-story residential building in Hsinchu City on 3 March, rescuing one person trapped on a third-floor balcony. Debris from shattered windows was reported to have scattered over ten meters across the roadway before firefighters extinguished the blaze across an estimated thirty square meters. The precise cause of the fire remains under investigation by authorities.