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Liu Zhen

At least three people were killed in a fire in Taipei karaoke bar on Sunday morning, which left 50 others in hospital.
Apart from those declared dead, four other people were in a critical condition and were being treated in a local hospital, the official CNA news agency said.
The fire broke out between 10 and 11am on the fifth floor of a 14-storey building on Linsen North Road in the Taiwanese capital. The bar occupied the first nine floors.
Pictures from the scene showed thick smoke emerging from the building.
Customers trapped on the upper floors were seen calling for help with some even standing on window sills in panic.

Firefighters used aerial ladders to rescue the trapped people from the upper storey windows. The Taipei city fire department said it dispatched 43 fire engines and 17 ambulances to the scene.
The fire was extinguished at about 11.30am and the search for more survivors was continuing, the department said.
The cause of the blaze was so far unknown and was under investigation, the department said.



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Three killed in fire at Taiwan karaoke bar

Firecrews at the scene of the blaze in Taipei. Photo: EPA-EFE

Firefighters work at the scene following a fire at a building housing a karaoke bar in Taipei on April 26, 2020. - Some 46 people were sent to the hospital, fire department officials said, as the cause of the blaze was being investigated. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

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Blaze that also left 50 people needing hospital treatment broke out in bar that covered nine floors on Sunday morning
Trapped customers seen climbing onto window sills and calling for help



Blaze that also left 50 people needing hospital treatment broke out in bar that covered nine floors on Sunday morning.


Three killed in fire at Taiwan karaoke bar

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Blaze that also left 50 people needing hospital treatment broke out in bar that covered nine floors on Sunday morning

Trapped customers seen climbing onto window sills and calling for help