The heads of the Kaohsiung Fire Bureau and Public Works Bureau on Tuesday resigned over a deadly fire that claimed 46 lives earlier this month.
The fire at the 40-year-old Cheng Chung Cheng (城中城) building broke out in the early hours of Oct. 14 and engulfed six floors of the 13-story building, killing 46 residents and injuring 43.
Fire Bureau Chief Lee Ching-hsiu (李清秀) and Public Works Bureau Director-General Su Chih-hsun (蘇志勳) had handed their resignations to Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) after the fire, the city government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Chen held off on accepting their resignations and told
Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) The heads of Kaohsiung's Fire Bureau and Public Works Bureau resigned on Tuesday over a deadly fire in the southern city that claimed 46 lives earlier this month.
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Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) A deadly fire in a 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung in the early hours of Thursday has left local authorities across Taiwan scrambling to conduct fire safety inspections of buildings that pose a potential public safety risk.