Fire kills 14 people, injures 51 in southern Taiwan

The 40-year-old building caught on fire at around 3 a.m on Thursday night.

A fire engulfed a 13-story building overnight on Thursday in southern Taiwan, killing 14 people and injuring 51.

The building caught on fire at around 3 a.m., the fire department officials in the city of Kaohsiung said. The firefighters were conducting search and rescue efforts into the afternoon.

While the fire has been put out, the lower levels of the building were completely blackened.