Firefighters Called to Townhouse Fire 透天厝火警 119線上指導女屋主自救逃生

At 3 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 23, a fire broke out at a townhouse on Kaohsiung's Zhanbao Road. The fire was discovered by the female homeowner, who immediately called 119. The command center employee that answered the call immediately dispatched firefighters to the scene and also stayed on the line giving the woman instructions. The family of four is now safe and sound.

Firefighters arrive on the scene in the middle of the night as a fire blazes.

Neighbor: “They suffered smoke inhalation but were fine. (How many people suffered smoke inhalation?) Two children and their parents. The wife was in worse condition.”

One team of firefighters pulled burning objects out of the house to lower the temperature inside while another used a ladder to rescue one member of the family. 

Chen Bing-hsiung, Fourth Corps Captain, Fire Dept., Kaohsiung: “(The parents and children) all escaped. When we arrived on the scene, the mother was trapped on the third floor.”

The fire broke out at a townhouse on Kaohsiung's Zhanbao Road around 3 a.m. on the 23rd. The wife discovered the fire and called 119, with the command center staying on the line, giving her instructions.

Command and Control Center Employee: “(We told her to) jam something in the balcony door to block the smoke and then wait on the balcony to be rescued.”

The command and control center employee that the trapped resident spoke with instructed her to step onto the balcony, wedge a towel in the door to block the smoke, and wait to be rescued. The husband and children managed to escape to the roof of the next townhouse over, leaving the wife behind on the third floor. She was rescued not too long afterward. The family only suffered smoke inhalation and all are undergoing preventive treatment. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the fire.

暗夜中，濃煙密布的民宅讓鄰近住戶看了心驚，幸好消防隊抵達。

鄰近住戶說道：「有嗆傷，比較不要緊，（有嗆傷喔，有幾位？）總共2個子女，還有夫妻，他太太比較嚴重。」

燃燒中的雜物被拉到戶外，避免增加屋內溫度，另一頭則有消防人員架梯，搶時間救人。

高市消防局四大隊第一中隊長陳炳雄提及：「（父親與子女）他們就逃生，那媽媽她，我們到達現場時候她受困在3樓。」

起火點是這棟位在高雄市梓官區展寶路的透天厝，23日凌晨3時，女屋主發現屋內有火，趕緊打給119，消防隊出動救援外，消防局勤指中心也在線上指導民眾逃生。

勤指中心人員對受困民眾說道：「先將陽台的門縫用東西塞著，阻隔濃煙，然後在陽台安全待救。」

對話內容中，勤指人員問到女屋主身處在後陽台後，提醒她用毛巾擋住門縫避免濃煙竄出，也要她安全等待救援。

高市消防局表示，屋內有一家四口，屋主與一對兒女逃往鄰居家頂樓，一度剩女屋主困在3樓，勤指中心不斷回撥，安撫並告知她自救後，沒多久順利獲救，雖然有輕微嗆傷，但全家性命都保住，一家四口也預防性就醫，至於起火原因還要由火調人員釐清。