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Firefighter and teenager injured during rescue attempt in Kaohsiung

A 17-year-old girl fell from the fifth floor of a building in Kaohsiung on 3 March, landing on a firefighter who was setting up an inflatable rescue cushion below. Both individuals were injured in the impact and transported to the hospital conscious. Further details regarding their current medical conditions have not been released.

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WhereKaohsiung
22.616, 120.313 ±10 km
First reported22 days ago
Published2026-10-03 05:30 UTC
Occurred2026-10-03
Sources2
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Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Firefighter and teenager injured during rescue attempt in Kaohsiung. 2026-10-03T05:30:40.026Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4463. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-03/mass-casualty-non-conflict-kaohsiung-8c354776

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