Taiwan woman gets life sentence over blaze that killed 46

Emergency services personnel working at the site of a fire that killed 46, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Oct 14, 2021.- AFP/CNA

TAIPEI (AFP): A Taiwanese woman who set off the island's deadliest fire in decades to get back at her boyfriend escaped the death penalty Friday (Aug 5) as the court handed down a life sentence.

Last October's inferno in the southern city of Kaohsiung raged through multiple floors of a dilapidated 13-storey apartment block for hours, killing 46 people and injuring 41.