Early in the morning of February 11, while Taiwan was still enveloped in the fun and frivolity of Chinese New Year, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's rehearsal space in Pali, at the mouth of the Tanshui River in Taipei County, was enveloped by flame.
2 月 11 日，大年初五凌晨，整個寶島還沈浸於年節歡愉的氣氛之中，卻傳出雲門舞集位於北縣淡水河口八里的排練場慘遭祝融之虐。