Race against time: Firefighters extinguishing the deadly fire at the karaoke bar in Hanoi. — AFP
Police have arrested a man suspected of starting a blaze that killed 11 following an argument with workers at a Hanoi cafe, authorities said, while two of the seven pulled from the flames were admitted to hospital.
In a statement, police said yesterday that the man had confessed to using gasoline to set Wednesday’s fire on the ground floor of the three-storey cafe, where people were also singing karaoke-style.
