Taipei MRT advises against use of all power banks after fire breaks outBy Gan Meng-lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) yesterday issued an advisory urging passengers not to use power banks in the metro system, a week after a battery caught fire, causing a panic on the Blue Line. A mobile power bank rental station is pictured at an MRT station in Taipei yesterday. The TRTC will continue to make rental power banks available for passenger use, which can be activated in dedicated recharging zones, Lin said. Passengers are urged to only buy power banks with national safety standard certifications and refrain from using batteries with visible deformities or that generate excessive heat, they said. She added that mobile power bank rental stations are commonly seen at MRT stations, and it can be confusing when a rented power bank turns out to be unusable.

Source: Taipei Times January 23, 2026 17:28 UTC