TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least eight people on Thursday morning as the island was being battered by a typhoon. The fire occurred in Piingtung county, which has been hit hard by Typhoon Krathon , which made landfall in the afternoon with torrential rains and heavy winds and has brought parts of the island to a standstill. The deaths were attributed to smoke that arose from a source still under investigation.
Dozens of other patients were evacuated and moved to shelters nearby. Soldiers from a nearby base were mobilized to aid medical workers and firefighters in the evacuation of patients and putting out the flames. The Associated Press.
