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故事地圖

This is a floor plan showing the number of fires occurring at different locations within households in Taiwan during the year of 2008. The number of fires is presented in graduated colour, from green (lowest) to red (highest). This “map” imitates the general house plan in Taiwan. The highest number of fires occurred in bedroom (408 cases), followed by living-room (218 cases), and kitchen (181 cases). The bedroom fires might be due to cigarette smoking in bed, which is a common cause of household fire.

While similar statistics are not available in Hong Kong, household fires can be an area of concern, though the causes could be different. In 2008 there were 1589 fire cases in public housing estates and 1601 in other residential buildings in Hong Kong. Overall, 4 cases were classified as major fire (Number three alarm and above).

圖示二零零八年台灣家居火災空間分佈，按起火處數目繪制。圖中火災次數以漸變顏色表示，由綠色（低）至紅色（高）。此屋宇平面圖是參考一般台灣住宅的設計而模擬繪出。錄得最高起火處是睡房（408宗），其次為客廳（218宗）及廚房（181宗）。睡房常見的起火原因是在床上吸煙引致。

香港沒有類似的公開數據，起火原因可能有差異，但情況亦不容忽視。要注意的是二零零八年共錄得1589宗屋邨和1601宗其它住宅大廈火災，當中四宗屬嚴重 (三級或以上) 火警。