A light food restaurant on the second floor of Hualien Railway Station suddenly burst into thick smoke at 1:00 p.m. today. The fire brigade was reported to the scene and quickly controlled the fire. No casualties were reported. However, burning objects fell on the railway below and affected a Puyuma spare train According to the preliminary judgment of Taiwan Railway, there was no obvious damage, and the police and Taiwan Railway will still conduct in-depth investigations.
The Fire Department of Hualien County received a report from the Taiwan Railway at 1:06 p.m. that a store in Hualien Railway Station was on fire. They immediately dispatched personnel and vehicles to the scene to fight the fire, and quickly brought the fire under control. The female member of the team surnamed Lin was regarding to take the train, but when she found the fire alarm, she acted bravely and helped put out the fire as soon as possible, almost missing the train.
Yang Shun’an, head of Taiwan Railway’s Hualien Railway Station, said that at that time, he found a lot of smoke coming out of a “fishbone” coffee restaurant in the Freedom Corridor, and immediately notified the fire brigade. fire. He said that the preliminary judgment is that the location where the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is placed in the store caught fire, but the exact location of the fire and the cause of the fire still need to be identified by the fire investigation department of the fire department.
Yang Shun’an said that due to the fire, the store was located on the elevated part of the Free Corridor, just below the 13th lane, and a train of Puyuma reserve vehicles was parked. When the fire broke out, some burning items fell, and it was preliminarily judged from the appearance and inside and outside of the car that no damage was caused. It is necessary to pull the marshalling into the locomotive depot for careful inspection by professionals before confirming whether there is any damage. Because this train is a spare train, it is rarely used , no impact on operations.
Responsible editor: Yu Weining
