Man sets himself on fire at Banciao filling stationStaff writer, with CNAA man who allegedly set himself on fire at a fuel station in New Taipei City on Friday afternoon is in an intensive care unit, police said yesterday. The New Taipei City Fire Department said that it at 5:44pm on Friday received a report that a man had self-immolated at a CPC Corp, Taiwan gas station on Minzu Road in Banciao District (板橋). Police cordon off an area of a filling station in New Taipei City’s Banciao District after a man allegedly set himself on fire on Friday afternoon. Photo courtesy of the New Taipei City Police DepartmentThe man was restrained at the scene and sustained second-degree burns, it said. However, it did not comment on whether the man set himself on fire.

Source: Taipei Times January 10, 2026 17:15 UTC