Filipino worker dies of extensive burns suffered in factory fire
12/21/2020 01:33 PM
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Taoyuan, Dec. 21 (CNA) A Filipino migrant worker who sustained severe burns in a fire at a pharmaceutical factory in Taoyuan on Sunday has died of his injuries, a company spokesman said Monday.
The employee suffered third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body in the fire, which started around noon Sunday at the five-story factory of Sci Pharmtech Inc. in Taoyuan, spokesman Yang Wen-chen (楊文禎) said at a news conference.
On Monday the Filipino worker died, while another employee, a Taiwanese man, was discharged from hospital after being treated for burns to his hand, Yang said.