Incident Report

Subject:            Another Fire Breaks out at Formosa Plastics Group         

Date of Email report:   Sat 10/09/2011

Report Detail:

Taipei, Sept. 6 A fire broke out Tuesday at oil refinery run by the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) at a petrochemical complex in Mailiao, Yunlin County , the eighth in the past one year, fire-fighters reported. The refinery, run by FPG subsidiary Formosa Petrochemical Corp., reported the fire at 4:31 p.m. and by 4:50 p.m. the blaze had been put out, firefighters said. No casualties were reported. The cause of the fire had not yet been determined, but FPG management said that the blaze started during the process of transporting alkylate, which is used to make petroleum products.

Seven other fires have been reported at the petrochemical complex over the past year, prompting a shutdown order by the government on safety concerns. The government has also asked the FPG to carry out a phased suspension of operations at its other production facilities in the compound over a one-year period, pending safety inspections

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