A tank truck overturned and caught fire on the Baishatun road section of Taiwan Highway 61, 112 kilometers north, in the morning. The Miaoli County Fire Department dispatched multiple teams to help. The methanol carried by the tank truck leaked and burned the farmland beside the road. The road section was temporarily closed in both directions. The 46-year-old driver surnamed Zhang was sent to the hospital with an open thigh fracture, but he was still declared dead after rescue.
At about 9:30 in the morning, the Miaoli County Fire Department received a report from the public that the tank truck overturned and caught fire 112 kilometers north of the west coast of Houlong Township. to the rescue. The fire department pointed out that after the tank truck carrying methanol (industrial alcohol) overturned, the front of the tank was separated from the tank body, the tank body caught fire, and the methanol continued to leak and overflow, spreading to the roadside and grassland farmland. Two water lines were dispatched to put out the fire with foam. The fire was brought under control by 10:20.
The Miaoli Public Works Section of the Second District Engineering Department of the General Administration of Highways pointed out that except for the accident on the northbound lane at the scene, due to the thick smoke from the fire that may affect the traffic of southbound vehicles, both directions are temporarily closed, and disaster relief is ongoing.
Editor: Qin Yingwen
