Mayor sets up task force to probe Taiwan's deadliest fire for decades

A damaged residential building after a fire is pictured in Kaohsiung, Taiwan October 15, 2021. REUTERS/I-Hwa Cheng

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - The mayor of a Taiwanese city launched a task force on Friday to look into whether negligence played a part in a fire at a residential building that killed 46 people.

The fire in the 40-year-old housing block in Kaohsiung on Thursday was the island's deadliest blaze in more than two decades and has reignited concerns about fire safety in older buildings across Taiwan.