46 killed in building fire in southern Taiwan

Forty-six people were killed and 41 injured in a predawn blaze at a commercial and residential building in Taiwan's southern port city of Kaohsiung on Thursday, authorities said.The fire broke out in the 13-story building in the city's Yancheng District at 2:54 a.m. and was extinguished at 4:51 a.m., according to the local fire bureau.Nearly 70 people were rushed to hospital, though some of them died.The cause of the fire has not been determined. The over 40-year-old building was last inspected on Tuesday.Its first six floors were commercial and housed a theater, but they had been left idle…READ FULL ARTICLE