At least 46 killed as fire engulfs building in southern Taiwan
Forty-one injured in ‘extremely fierce’ blaze at 13-storey building in city of Kaohsiung
A cross-departmental investigation has been launched in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, after at least 46 people died and another 41 were injured in a fire in that engulfed a building overnight.
The 13-storey building caught fire at about 3am local time (20:00 BST) on Thursday, officials in the city of Kaohsiung said. An earlier fire department statement said the blaze was “extremely fierce” and destroyed many floors.