Key facts
- Five employees were taken to hospital and two remained missing after the fire, Hsinchu county authorities said.
- The plant is run by Panasonic Industrial Devices Materials Taiwan, a unit of Japan's Panasonic.
- The unit supplies Taiwan's printed circuit board makers, whose boards go into computers and AI servers.
- Panasonic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A fire broke out on Wednesday, November 4, at a factory in Hsinchu county, Taiwan, run by Panasonic Industrial Devices Materials Taiwan, a unit of Japan's Panasonic, the county's authorities said. Five people were injured and taken to hospital, and two were missing.
Panasonic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The unit supplies the island's makers of printed circuit boards, which are used in electronic products such as computers and AI servers.