Taipei: A mountain blaze that broke out on Monday morning in northern Taiwan’s Yangmingshan National Park was put out after five hours following multi-agency efforts involving dozens of fire trucks and helicopter water drops. According to Focus Taiwan, the fire may have been sparked by a state-run air quality sensor,

Yunlin: Two contracted workers died Sunday after suffering from suspected sewer gas poisoning while maintaining a rainwater recycling system at a food factory in Yunlin County, according to local authorities. According to Focus Taiwan, the factory and the outside contractor hired to perform the work were both fined NT$300,000 (US$9,264)

Taipei: A government research institute has begun investigating whether the fire that broke out Monday on Taipei’s Yangmingshan was caused by one of its solar-powered air quality sensors, officials said. According to Focus Taiwan, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Wu Cheng-wen expressed “deep regret” over the damage caused

Taoyuan: Eleven individuals have been indicted in Taoyuan for allegedly collecting, storing, and processing waste without a license to support an operation that was illegally exporting the waste, local prosecutors said Monday. The Northern Center of Environmental Management under the Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Management Administration tipped off the Taoyuan