PHOTO ESSAY / New Taipei theme park is now eerie ruins 7 years after deadly accident
06/27/2022 09:05 AM
Once home to the largest water park in Taiwan, the Formosa Fun Coast theme park in New Taipei's Bali District has not welcomed any visitors since a Saturday night party seven years ago turned into an inferno that claimed 15 lives and led to its closure.
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