At 1: 30 p.m. on May 18 an explosion occurred in a chemical reactor at the Fu-kuo chemical factory situated at the Hsinchu Industrial District in Hukou, Hsinchu County, also leading to a fierce blaze.
東科大火造成的社會震驚尚未平息，位於湖口新竹工業園區內的福國化工廠，十八日下午一時三十分發生反應槽爆炸意外，引發熊熊大火。