A man injured in a Taiwanese hotel fires receives emergency treatment for smoke inhalation. Eighteen people died and 14 were injured when fire swept the four-storey hotel in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. The police said that fire doors in the hotel were kept locked for security reasons, and fire escapes were choked with rubbish and broken furniture.
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Press, 3 February 1987, Page 6
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59A man injured in a Taiwanese hotel fires receives emergency treatment for smoke inhalation. Eighteen people died and 14 were injured when fire swept the four-storey hotel in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. The police said that fire doors in the hotel were kept locked for security reasons, and fire escapes were choked with rubbish and broken furniture. Press, 3 February 1987, Page 6
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