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In this representation taken from video by Taiwan's EBC, firefighters conflict a blaze astatine a gathering successful Kaohsiung, successful confederate Taiwan connected Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. A occurrence engulfed a 13-story gathering overnight successful confederate Taiwan, the islands semi-official Central News Agency reported Thursday. (EBC via AP )

TAIPEI – A occurrence successful confederate Taiwan has killed 25 and injured dozens of people, aft it engulfed a residential gathering overnight connected Thursday.

The 13-story gathering caught connected occurrence astir 3 a.m., occurrence section officials successful the metropolis of Kaohsiung said.

Officials said 55 radical had been taken to the hospital, including 14 radical who showed nary signs of life. In Taiwan, authoritative confirmation of a decease tin lone beryllium made successful the hospital.

At slightest 11 radical recovered connected the country were sent consecutive to the morgue, said the caput of the occurrence section addressing journalists astatine the tract of the fire.

Firefighters were conducting hunt and rescue efforts into the afternoon.

The blaze was “extremely fierce,” and destroyed galore floors of the building, according to a connection from the occurrence department.

Firefighters are unsure of the root of the fire, but noted flames burned astir intensely wherever a batch of clutter had been piled up.

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Eyewitnesses told section media that they had heard the dependable of an detonation astir 3 a.m.

The gathering is astir 40 years old, according to an authoritative statement, with shops successful the little levels and apartments above.

While the occurrence has been enactment out, the little levels of the gathering were wholly blackened.

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