Taiwan - 'At Least 26 Dead' After Coach Smashes Into Airport Guardrail & Explodes At least 26 people are dead after a tourist bus smashed into a motorway guardrail in Taiwan and exploded into flames, it is reported. The vehicle…
Taiwan - Fire at Kaohsiung Refinery TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Large flames shot out from the chimney of a CPC Corp. oil refinery in Kaohsiung Wednesday after an equipment malfunction, causing alarm but no injuries. Fengming Village official Hung Fu-hsien said…
TAIPEI— More than 500 people have been sent to hospitals in Taiwan with burns after a fire broke out at a water park party late Saturday. Authorities say the blaze started when powder intended for festive lighting was accidentally ignited…
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Third Nuclear Power Plant's (核三) No. 2 reactor's outdoor transformer was shut down after a fire broke out yesterday morning, an Atomic Energy Council (AEC, 原能會) official has said. AEC Vice Chairman Chou Yuan-ching (周源卿) said…
Black box data from the TransAsia Airlines turbo-prop plane that crashed in Taiwan has revealed that power was cut to both engines, investigators say. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council said the engines failed to produce enough thrust for two minutes after…
A fire broke out on Huadong Road in the eastern city of Haulien Monday when crewmen paving the road seemed to have accidentally ignited an underground oil pipeline belonging to a nearby military airport. The fire, which broke out at…
