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Copyright AFP 2017-2020. All rights reserved. Two photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside claims they show Chinese-owned factories in Myanmar being burned by anti-coup protesters. The claim, however, is false; the first photo shows a factory being set ablaze in Vietnam in 2014 and the second photo shows a factory fire in Taiwan in 2020. The photos were posted on Facebook here on March 14, 2021. The post has since been shared more than 700 times. Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post, taken on March 15, 2021 The post’s Thai caption translates to English as: “Myanmar is burning, this is the retaliation of the Myanmar people. Chinese factories in Myanmar are left in ruins. The money paid must be returned.” ....
Taoyuan factory ordered to suspend production in wake of blaze 12/21/2020 08:40 PM Firefighters at the scene on Monday. CNA photo Dec. 21, 2020 Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) The Taoyuan Office of Labor Inspection on Monday ordered a local pharmaceutical firm to temporarily suspend production after one of its workers died in a fire the previous day. Su Chih-hsiang (蘇志翔), who heads the labor office s manufacturing industry section, said the order was issued to Sci Pharmtech Inc. as on-site conditions are still deemed too unsafe for employees to resume work, following a preliminary inspection of the damage. According to Su, the company s warehouse located nearby can continue delivery operations as normal. ....
Filipino worker dies of extensive burns suffered in factory fire 12/21/2020 01:33 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. 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. ....
2020/12/21 10:44 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A Filipino man lost his life on Monday (Dec. 21) after he suffered severe burns during a fire at a factory in northern Taiwan on Sunday (Dec. 20). At 12:14 p.m. on Sunday, the fire department received a report that a fire had broken out at the Sci Pharmtech Inc. (旭富製藥) factory in Taoyuan City s Luzhu District, which manufactures hydroxychloroquine API. Such was the intensity of the inferno that it rapidly spread to five nearby factories. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they encountered a five-story factory ablaze, and northeasterly winds were sending embers flying in all directions. Firefighters immediately distributed water lines to extinguish the fire, but due to a large number of water-resistant chemicals stored at the scene and high temperatures caused by the flames, the water hoses were burned and firefighters had to retreat. ....