High-rise buildings constructed with glass curtain are completely self-enclosed, and fires in them produce a chimney effect. Thick smoke and flames spread rapidly in all directions. Added to this, the buildings at Eastern Science Park were too high. Even with advanced equipment worth NT $ 40 million, including the longest extension ladder in Asia, fire fighters could only reach the 22nd floor.
此次大火讓高樓消防救災問題畢露，玻璃帷幕建材的高樓在封閉的情況下，再加上樓層間防火設施不足，產生的所謂「煙囪效應」，濃煙、火苗就在樓中四處流竄；而東科樓層過高，讓耗資四千萬、全亞洲第一長的「火鳳凰」雲梯車，只能仰天長嘆、束手無策。