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Fire breaks out at landfill in Miaoli's Yuanli Township

A fire ignited at a municipal sanitation team landfill in Yuanli Township, Miaoli County, on the afternoon of 11 October, burning an estimated area of 4,000 square meters. Firefighters deployed 13 vehicles, 29 personnel, drones, and heavy machinery to excavate and control the burning waste heaps. Local officials reported no casualties, while the cause of the ignition remains unstated.

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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 location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • newtalk苗栗苑裡
  • pts苗栗苑裡垃圾掩埋場
  • ltn苗栗苑裡
WhereMiaoli
24.564, 120.824 ±10 km
First reported14 days ago
Published2026-10-11 12:00 UTC
Occurred2026-10-11
Sources3
How this travelled.
Reports4Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire breaks out at landfill in Miaoli's Yuanli Township. 2026-10-11T12:00:20.318Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5482. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-11/wildfire-miaoli-ec41dd5d

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