Suspect arrested for arson after karaoke bar fire in Vietnam kills 11 - Man accused of starting Hanoi fire following a dispute with staff

Police say the man had confessed to using gasoline to set fire on the ground floor of the three-story cafe, where people were also singing karaoke-style

A fire ripped through a karaoke bar in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, killing 11 people and injuring two others in a case of suspected arson, police said yesterday. Photos from the scene showed the blackened multi-story building in western Hanoi mostly destroyed by flames, and piles of twisted metal strewn nearby.

Eleven people have been killed after a fire ripped through a karaoke bar in the Vietnamese capital in a case of suspected arson, police have said.

Angered by a fight, Cao Van Hung allegedly doused a karaoke venue in Hanoi with gasoline and set it ablaze, resulting in 11 deaths.

VOV.VN - The police of Hanoi on December 19 morning arrested a local resident suspected of starting the fire at a coffee shop in the capital’s Bac Tu Liem district, killing 11 people and injuring 2 others.

Eleven people died in a fire in a cafe in Hanoi and police have arrested a man suspected of starting the blaze, Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday (December 19). 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 on Wednesday (December 18) after an argument with staff.

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.