Deadly fire likely caused by power cable short circuit: Hsinchu gov't

A preliminary investigation indicates that a short circuit in a power cable may have caused the fire at an apartment complex in Hsinchu City that claimed the lives of two firefighters, the city government said in a statement on Tuesday.

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