Printing Plant in Taiwan Lost to Consuming Flames

Overheated machinery triggered a huge fire Saturday morning at a Taiwanese printing plant, local media report.

At about 10 a.m., fire broke out at the printing plant in Tuku Town. A worker who tried to extinguish the fire immediate suffered second-degree burns and was transport to a hospital.

A large amount of flammable materials on hand soon spread the fire throughout the plant. The fire department dispatched 11 emergency vehicles and 29 firefighters to the scene.

Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within four hours.