Taiwan Blaze Kills Parents And Three Children
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2020-05-04 HKT 08:43
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A fire that ripped through a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on Sunday morning killed five members of a family – a couple and their three young children.
Local reports say the house that caught fire belonged to renowned Taiwanese cardiologist Lai Wen-de, who's a former president of Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital.
Dr Lai and his wife managed to flee the scene. Their daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren – aged between two and five – died.
Firefighters believe an electrical fault might have caused the deadly blaze.
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