From:
Samuella Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**RETIRED.APPSTATE.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemistry Building fire in Taiwan
Date:
Apr 5, 2024 17:44 UTC
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"The school said that the air quality was tested and there was no
pollution"
Pretty suspicious I'd say. Isn't there pollution from any fire?
Sammye
On 4/4/2024 4:59 PM, Jim Tung wrote:
Here's an article from Taiwan-based media (roughly
equivalent to WSJ) on the fire:
https://udn.com/news/story/7320/7878648
Google translation of the first paragraph:
A strong earthquake in Hualien caused a fire in
the first building of the Donghua University Polytechnic
Institute. It burned for 21 hours and was not extinguished
until early yesterday morning. The school said that the air
quality was tested and there was no pollution, but more than
20 years of experimental data collected by the chemistry
department were wiped out, and reconstruction was initially
estimated to cost NT$200 million. Vice-President Xiao Meiqin
yesterday requested the Ministry of Education and the Ministry
of Economic Affairs to provide full assistance.
A
university chemistry building in Taiwan is on fire due
to the earthquake:
Craig A.
Merlic
Professor
of Chemistry. UCLA Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
Executive
Director, UC Center for Laboratory Safety
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