Watch firefighters put out a blaze in this stunning POV footage

Watch firefighters put out a blaze in this stunning POV footage

2025-08-19

When fires break out, most of us run away, but these brave workers run straight in. What you’re about to see is footage taken from the point of view of a firefighter at a blaze in Puli on Thursday afternoon. The thick smoke, searing flames and scorching heat make for an astonishing video that has won the firefighting crew much admiration online.

Thick smoke rises from the blaze. There’s no time to spare.

Oxygen tank on and hose in hand, the firefighter rushes inside.

He clears a path with the water jet and makes it upstairs to find a blazing inferno.

Every second counts in the brutal heat. He keeps steady to put out the flames. This is footage from a fire that broke out at 4 on Monday afternoon in Puli, Nantou. The efforts by the firefighting crew were captured in this astonishing first-person point of view.

Lin Kuan-yi
Firefighter
We are all inside trying to put out the fire. When people watch from the outside, they always say “Why didn’t they bring the water faster?” But actually, we’re already fighting the fire with water inside, you just can’t see it. The footage from inside the building shows what the real conditions are.

This video taken from the firefighter’s POV has gone viral online, with many commenters gaining a new-found appreciation for the efforts that firefighters make, risking their lives to save people and their property.

Even after a while, the area remains scorching hot. Fortunately this time round, nobody was hurt. Firefighters could breathe at ease again, and rest before their next mission.

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#firefighting #firefighter #pov #amazing #heartwarming #hero

直擊火場! 消防員第一視角救援畫面曝光

2025-08-19

南投埔里鎮光復巷一帶，18日下午4時許，發生住宅火警，現場二樓竄出黑煙和火舌，所幸沒有人員受困，消防人員抵達，戴上裝備直衝火場灌救，第一視角紀錄火災真實現場，直擊驚人火牆，敬佩打火兄弟工作的艱辛。

濃煙竄天，消防人員直奔前方目標。

背著氧氣瓶、拿著瞄子，消防隊員衝入火場開路。

強力水注清出通道，一上二樓，迎面而來的是，燒得火紅的整面火牆。

掌握每一分一秒，耐著火光和高溫，準確將水注往火點撲。南投埔里鎮光復巷18日下午4點多發生住宅火警，消防人員直衝現場，第一視角直擊驚險的火場內部。

[[中心碑消防分隊隊員林冠儀]]
“我們都在火場裡衝鋒陷陣，看過救災現場大家會說，消防隊怎麼不趕快出水，不趕快出水，事實上消防隊都已經在裡面打火，在裡面出水你是看不到，(火場)裡面的畫面就是，消防員救災最真實的畫面”

消防隊員冒險救災，記錄下第一視角的真實畫面，在網路上轉傳引起熱議。救援災難現場，消防人員卯足全力拯救民眾的生命和財產安全。

火勢撲滅了火場高溫依舊，所幸無人傷亡，這一刻，消防人員稍作喘息、救災的熱情依舊。

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Dad asked us to learn self-rescue skills so we won’t be in danger when we play at the beach in the future.

Tai Li-chun, who won two gold medals at this year’s World Master’s Games, has 20 years of experience in surf lifesaving. He promotes surf lifesaving training through practical actions.

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We want to make water activities safer for children and help them learn more about self-rescue. When facing the ocean, we should know how to protect ourselves: when to enter the water, and when not to.

Tai hopes that surf lifesaving will be promoted more widely in Taiwan so that accidents can be reduced effectively. After all, Taiwan is surrounded by the ocean. While embracing the ocean, we also need to learn to stay safe.

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A delectable roast duck is being fire-glazed with Cointreau. There’s also a tender roast baby duck on the platter. These are offered at Cantonese restaurant Le Palais, which got awarded three stars on the Michelin guide, for the eighth consecutive year! Other two Taiwan establishments that kept their three stars are contemporary restaurant Taïrroir and Singaporean restaurant JL Studio.

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This year, a total of 7 restaurants got their first star. There’s aMaze, which offers a contemporary twist on predominantly Hangzhou-style Zhejiang cuisine. This dish combines Taiwanese-style chicken roll with pan-seared foie gras underneath a honeycomb crust, delivering bold layers and balance.

Another newly awarded restaurant is HoSu, which specializes in ingredients native to Taiwan, such as millet and aiyu jelly. Chef Ian Lee even shed a few happy tears when his restaurant received the award.

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Nowadays, personal stamps for signing documents are almost all designed and engraved electronically. But one 87-year-old artisan in Chiayi, who has been running a store making chops for over 60 years, continues to handwrite every character, no matter the style. He then uses a traditional machine to engrave people’s names onto their very own chop. Versed in various kinds of calligraphy, he crafts each character beautifully, maintaining an art form that computers could never fully replicate.

Sitting at a table engrossed in his work, this 87-year-old artist carefully writes exquisite characters one stroke at a time.

This is chop artisan Hsu Chen-i, who runs his own store in Chiayi’s Fanshe Village. Every stamp in this shop was handwritten by Hsu, an expert in various forms of calligraphy. Once he has written the characters, he brings them to a traditional engraving machine, which uses a nail to carve out the characters to create a completely unique stamp.

Hsu Chen-i
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For ordinary, normal ones like this we always have a reference book. There are many things we need to refer to. Now that we have been doing this for a while, we are more knowledgeable. I’m not at all familiar with modern technology. I just know how to carve stamps.

Most chops are designed electronically these days, but Hsu continues to handwrite each character for every stamp. Many people like the feeling of these handwritten characters and always come to him.

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After choosing a card, visitors can project the animal onto the wall. The work reimagines creatures from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, giving them traits like big eyes, round faces and soft textures. The work hopes to reshape how we engage with often-overlooked endangered animals.

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My goal has always been to win the gold medal, so I guess I achieved my goal.

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