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 (2000 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.