Taipei: Four people were taken to hospital and 53 others were evacuated after a fire broke out early Sunday in a building in Taipei's Da'an District, according to the Taipei City Fire Department.

According to Focus Taiwan, the fire department said the blaze originated in the kitchen of a cram school on the second floor of the building on Anhe Road. The department said it received an emergency report at 4:43 a.m. and dispatched 20 fire engines, four ambulances, and 68 personnel to the scene.

Firefighters rescued one man and three women from the building. All four had suffered smoke inhalation. They were conscious at the time they were rescued and sent to hospital for treatment, the department said.

The fire was extinguished at 5:13 a.m. and affected an area of about 20 square meters. The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined, the department said.