Townhouse Fire Kills Three; One Remains Unconscious 高雄民宅今晨火警 屋主一家3死.1重傷
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A fatal fire broke out on Kaohsiung's Wujia First Road at around 4 am on Jan 15. Four women were at home sleeping while their house was on fire, including the homeowners' mother, wife, and two daughters. The only survivor is the one-year-old baby, whose mother was holding her in the arms while trying to jump from a third-floor balcony but fell to her death. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This woman falls to her death as she tries to reach the firefighters' ladder from the third-floor balcony of her townhouse. She was holding her one-year-old daughter at the time. This fire broke out on Kaohsiung's Wujia First Road around 4 a.m. on the 15th.
The firefighters were trying to put out the fire with a water curtain when all the glass on the second floor shattered. The fire started on the second floor. After that, the glass came cascading down and the fire got even bigger when then oxygen got in.
This woman falls to her death as she tries to reach the firefighters' ladder from the third-floor balcony of her townhouse. She was holding her one-year-old daughter at the time. This fire broke out on Kaohsiung's Wujia First Road around 4 a.m. on the 15th.
The firefighters were trying to put out the fire with a water curtain when all the glass on the second floor shattered. The fire started on the second floor. After that, the glass came cascading down and the fire got even bigger when then oxygen got in.
Firefighters found the townhouse owner's 70-year-old mother, wife and two daughters on the second and third floors. The mother and the 10-year-old daughter were pronounced dead at the hospital, while the wife died from the fall. The younger daughter remains unconscious.
Everyone was asleep at that hour. It was late (at night) when (the fire) was discovered and we had people running over to the station to report the fire. The fire had probably been going for some time at that point. We believe the fire started in a room on the second floor but we have not yet determined how it started.
The living room and kitchen of the townhouse were paneled in wood, which made it difficult to stop the fire from spreading once it started. The owner of the townhouse was away on a business trip at the time of the fire.
媽媽抱著1歲左右的女童無助地站在3樓陽台上求救，但下一秒媽媽疑似不耐猛烈的火勢，想爬上消防人員架設的梯子時墜落。15號半夜4點多，高雄鳳山五甲一路一間透天厝發生火災，住附近的民眾看到濃煙竄出，趕緊通報消防局。
目擊民眾表示：「消防隊在用水幕壓制火勢，煙悶燒以後，整個二樓玻璃破碎。因為起火點，應該是在二樓，玻璃破裂以後，整個玻璃碎掉，氧氣一灌進去，火勢就很大了。」
消防人員分別從二樓跟三樓的浴室、陽台，找到屋主的媽媽、太太、2個女兒，其中屋主70歲媽媽跟10歲的女兒，送醫後不治；太太因為抱著1歲女兒從陽台墜落，搶救後也不治，剩1歲女童重傷昏迷、上午還在醫院搶救中。
高市消防局第三大隊副隊長 吳佩城表示：「凌晨可能大家都在睡眠當中，發現(火勢)的時間，也相對比較晚，甚至還有民眾，跑到我們前面的分隊去報案。所以表示說，這個延燒的時間，可能有一段時間了。疑似起火的位置，是在二樓的房間。至於它是怎麼樣引起(火災)，這個部分，已經採集相關的跡證，要去做一個鑑定。」
根據消防隊了解，這間透天厝的客廳跟廚房都是木造裝潢，也有易燃物品，讓火勢一發不可收拾，也造成3個人死亡、1個女童重傷的悲劇，屋主因為外出辦事，所以逃過一劫，詳細的起火原因還要等待火調人員釐清。
