A fire inside a senior home in Taoyuan's Longtan District early Friday morning has claimed four lives while injuring nine others. Firefighters were alerted of the fire inside the long-term care facility at 5:05 a.m. It spread rapidly before multiple crews put it out within half an hour. Rescue teams were able to evacuate 109 people. Six people were killed in a fire at a elderly care facility in New Taipei in July last year.

Source: The China Post March 10, 2017 00:45 UTC