Reports: At least 46 killed after fire engulfs Taiwan high-rise

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At least 46 people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday in a fire that ripped through a multi-purpose building in southern Taiwan, local media reported. The blaze broke out early Thursday at a 13-storey, 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung City. The city’s fire department told journalists at the scene that 46 people found in the building had been confirmed dead and another 41 injured, according to the Apple Daily and other local media. The upper floors of the building contained about 120 households while the lower ones were left unoccupied. Officials said rescuers were still chec…

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