A 36-year-old volunteer firefighter has died after being attacked by a hornet swarm while removing a nest in Taoyuan. Although he wore protective clothing, the pests were able to penetrate his suit and stung him several times on the arms.
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00:00A volunteer firefighter has died while attempting to remove a hornet nest in the northwestern
00:05city of Taoyuan.
00:07The 36-year-old was attacked by a swarm of hornets as his team attended the nest removal.
00:12The bugs penetrated his protective suit and stung him several times.
00:16He later died at the hospital.
00:18The attack is one of several prominent cases in the past few years.
00:22Experts say that fully sealing protective clothing is key to safety when dealing with
00:27hornets.
00:28If you don't seal your sleeves tightly, for example, you don't use a tape to seal it tightly,
00:32and you don't tie your shoes tightly, it is possible that the hornet will break in through
00:37the seam of the sleeve or the neck of the shoe, which will pose a great risk.