Overnight Building Blaze in Taiwan Raged for Hours, 46 dead

In this image taken from video by Taiwan's EBC, fire and smoke pour out from a building in Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan on Oct. 14, 2021. EBC via AP

An overnight fire in a residential building in southern Taiwan has killed 46 people and injured 41, the authorities said on Oct. 14.

The fire broke out at the 40-year-old, mixed-use building in Kaohsiung’s Yancheng district at 3 a.m. Thursday, and was extinguished four hours later.