Two dead, five injured in Taiwan PCB factory explosion

An explosion and fire at a PCB factory situated in Taiwan’s Silicon Valley have left two people dead and five injured, reports Reuters. The tragic incident took place at a Panasonic Industrial Devices Materials-owned facility on Wednesday. Panasonic is investigating the details and the cause of the accident. Initial reports suggested that five were injured in the post-explosion fires in the Hsinchu factory. However, an update today confirmed that two missing people had been found dead.

Local media have more details about this sizable accident. Focus Taiwan reveals that the fire broke out at 2 am local time on Wednesday. The five-story building where PCBs are produced had 20+ staff on the production lines at the time of the accident.

Five injured men were conscious and taken to hospital shortly after the incident occurred. However, as mentioned above, two were missing. 12 vehicles and 23 firefighters were dispatched to dig through factory debris using heavy machinery. …