 Still outside Africa, at least 46 people have been killed and dozens more seriously injured in a fire at a 13-storey tower block in southern Taiwan, officials say. A residential and commercial building in the city of Kaishong caught fire in the early hours of Thursday. It took firefighters more than four hours to extinguish the blaze. At least 46 people were killed in a fire in a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaishong on Thursday, according to authorities. The fire broke out in a 40-year-old building in the early hours of the morning when it was extinguished around dawn. Footage from local television showed firefighters dousing the burning building with water as rescue personnel carried injured residents away. This is one of the residents of the building. There was a boom noise and then there was a fire. The power lines may have been outside. These last few days there have been boom sounds in the power lines. The Kaishong Fire Department said in a statement that after completing a search of the building, they were able to confirm 46 deaths. Mayor Chen Chi Mai said the building was partly abandoned, having previously been host to restaurants, karaoke lounges and a cinema. The government is investigating the cause, including where the arson was to blame.