Weierkang Club fire

Weierkang Club fire
Native name 衛爾康餐廳大火
DateFebruary 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)
Time7:20 PM NST
LocationWest District, Taichung
Coordinates24°08′55.1″N 120°40′21.8″E / 24.148639°N 120.672722°E / 24.148639; 120.672722
TypeFire
CauseNatural gas leak
Deaths64
Non-fatal injuries11
Weierkang Club
Traditional Chinese衛爾康西餐廳
Literal meaningWeierkang Western Restaurant
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWèi'ěrkāng Xīcāntīng

On February 15, 1995, a deadly fire broke out in the Weierkang Club (alternatively translated as the Welcome Bar), a Western-style restaurant and karaoke bar in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. The fire killed 64 people and injured 11, making it the second-deadliest fire in the history of Taiwan after the 1984 Meishan coal mine fire that killed 103.