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.
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