Staff writer, with CNAFour people were killed and 13 injured in a fire that swept through a nursing home in Taoyuan early yesterday, the Taoyuan Fire Department said. The fire broke out at about 5am at the nursing home on Longyuan Road in Longtan District (龍潭) and quickly spread throughout the building, the department said. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire, but said the nursing home appeared to have violated fire codes multiple times in the past. For example, during one inspection the water capacity of fire suppression equipment was found to be insufficient, they said. Taoyuan Department of Social Welfare Director-General Ku Tzu-lung (古梓龍) said that multiple inspections conducted by his department in the past had also found that the nursing home was housing more residents than permitted and was understaffed.

Source: Taipei Times March 10, 2017 15:56 UTC