12th smoking booth fire raises concerns about proper planning

2026-10-26

Thick smoke filled a negative-pressure smoking booth near a department in Xinyi District on Sunday night, prompting an emergency response from firefighters. But it’s far from an isolated incident; it was the 12th in a string of smoke and smoldering reports at smoking rooms in the past five months. The sheer amount of fire scares has prompted accusations that the city government rushed the facilities into operation for political points. Let’s hear more.

Chien Shu-pei
Taipei City Councilor (DPP)
Including yesterday’s incident, there’s been 12 fire-related reports. It’s really put our firefighters through the wringer. Did Taipei consider a design that prevents butts from continuing to burn? It shows that Mayor Chiang Wan-an rushed the negative-pressure smoking rooms to score political points without any proper planning.

Member of public
Hopes smokers will be responsible
In crowded areas like this, they should deploy police officers or firefighters, so that any fires can be put out fast. I also hope smokers will be more considerate.

Member of public
Commenting on incident
It depends. If the regulations are OK, it should all be fine. But if the fires are constant, we need to check what’s causing them.

Chiang Wan-an
Taipei Mayor
We are aware of the situation. The Xinyi District Office responded to the incident immediately. The Department of Health has convened a meeting to make improvements to the use and design of the disposal bins.

The latest incident was reportedly caused by an accumulation of cigarette butts in an ashtray, some of which had not been fully extinguished, causing them to smolder and produce thick smoke. Mayor Chiang Wan-an has long touted his push for a smoke-free city and the installation of these negative-pressure smoking booths as key achievements. But with repeated incidents raising concerns, questions are mounting over whether the facilities were adequately planned, and whether public safety was compromised.

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規劃不周? "負壓吸菸室"突竄濃煙北市5個月內12起相關通報

2026-10-26

台北市信義區百貨商圈旁的負壓吸菸室，週日（25）晚間突然濃煙密布，消防人員獲報緊急到場處理，不過這已經不是第一次，短短5個月內，6處指定吸菸區就發生11起冒煙、悶燒事件，加上最新這一起，就有12起火警通報！讓議員痛批，市府根本是規劃不周、倉促上路！

[[台北市議員(民) 簡舒培]]
“加上昨天的事件，有12起的這個火警通報，真的是累死這些消防局的同仁，當時在設計的時候，臺北市是不是有想過，怎麼樣自動的方式，讓這個菸蒂不要燃燒，這樣子的狀況，更是顯示蔣萬安就是在負壓吸菸室，這一件事情就是好大喜功，連規劃都沒有做好就上路”

[[民眾]]
“像這種人比較多的地方，我覺得應對上面，他們就是在部署警力或消防人力，應該也會比較快速去做撲滅這樣子，當然主要也是希望吸菸的人，就是可以自己去做一些因應，就是基本的道德”

[[民眾]]
“我覺得還是要看啦，規範如果OK的話，我覺得還是沒有什麼太大的問題，但如果發生火警的話，那勢必可能要考慮一下，就是可能會是，因為什麼原因發生的這樣子”

[[台北市長蔣萬安]]
“有掌握，而且信義區公所第一時間，也有了解跟處理，那衛生局也已經召開檢討會議，會針對吸菸桶的使用，還有設計的方式來進行改善”

負壓吸菸室冒出大量濃煙，據了解，是因為菸灰缸內堆積過多菸蒂，加上沒有完全熄滅，才會持續悶燒冒煙。不過，台北市長蔣萬安自己最滿意的政績之一，推動無菸城市、設置負壓吸菸室，如今卻接連出包，也讓公安問題浮上檯面。

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