Taiwan

Acetylene Cylinders Ignite Inside Taiwanese Factory

Truck full of burning cylinders towed away from the building.

"Smoke tornado" rose from the gutted building.

Burning magnesium reacts violently with water.

Firefighters rescued a second worker trapped by flames.

Family of three barely escaped the flames.

Valve leaked nearly four hours before the fire.

Fire originated at a plastic injection molding plant.

Firefighters worked three hours to extinguish the blaze.

Fire broke out in a machine for boiling soybean feed.

Overheated machinery blamed as cause of fire.