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Taoyuan in Taiwan was hit by its worst power outage since 1999 on Tuesday, which cut output at many factories. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Foxy1219
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100 people stuck in elevators during huge Taoyuan blackout

by Asia Times staff August 17, 2017February 18, 2020

A massive power outage in Taiwan on Tuesday, triggered by a human error at CPC Corporation and lasting five to six hours, was the worst blackout since the Jiji earthquake in 1999. Officials received dozens of reports of 100 people trapped in elevators in Taoyuan City. A mother with her three-year-old daughter told the media they had almost suffocated […]

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