Apartment block fire leaves 46 dead and dozens injured in Taiwan

In this image taken from video by Taiwan’s EBC, firefighters shoot water into a building that caught fire in Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. The fire engulfed a 13-story building overnight in southern Taiwan, the island’s semi-official Central News Agency reported Thursday. (EBC via AP )

The death toll from a fire that engulfed an apartment building in southern Taiwan has risen to 46, according to local officials who said at least another 41 people were injured.

The 13-storey building caught fire at around 3am on Thursday, fire officials in the city of Kaohsiung said.