Builder arrested over temple fire tragedy

Police have arrested the builder of a bamboo temple where a fire killed 40 worshippers – one of two deadly weekend blazes that prompted China’s Cabinet to call for public help in improving safety.

Police have arrested the builder of a bamboo temple where a fire killed 40 worshippers – one of two deadly weekend blazes that prompted China’s Cabinet to call for public help in improving safety.

Investigators were questioning dozens of people to find the cause of the second fire, which took 53 lives at a shopping mall in the country’s northeast.

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