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Fire breaks out at landfill on Green Island

A fire broke out on the morning of 9 March at a sanitary landfill on Green Island in Taitung County, producing thick smoke spreading toward nearby areas. Firefighters have deployed water lines along perimeter roads to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent forest while requesting helicopter support due to difficult terrain. The cause of the fire remains unconfirmed as emergency response operations continue.

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2 differing positions reported on location across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • ettoday綠島垃圾掩埋場
  • ltn綠島垃圾掩埋場
  • mirrormedia綠島
  • newtalk綠島
  • pts綠島
3 differing positions reported on timing across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • ltn上午
  • newtalk10小時
  • pts逾5小時
Wherenot resolved
First reported16 days ago
Published2026-10-09 08:51 UTC
Occurred2026-10-09
Sources5
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire breaks out at landfill on Green Island. 2026-10-09T08:51:13.307Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5199. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-09/wildfire-a17f87b7

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