Hanoi cafe fire kills 11; police arrest suspect


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Dec 2024

HANOI (Reuters) - Eleven people died in a fire in a cafe in Hanoi on Wednesday night and police have arrested a man suspected of starting the blaze, Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.

The police said in a statement that the man had confessed to using gasoline to light a fire on the ground floor of the three-storey cafe after an argument with staff.

Seven people were rescued from the fire, with two of them hospitalised, the statement said.

(Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by John Mair)

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