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Arson suspected as six die in card room fire
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-28 13:33 YANGZHOU -- A fire in a chess and card game facility here that killed six people Monday was probably caused by arson, a city government official said Tuesday. The fire started at about 8:30 pm in downtown Yangzhou in the eastern province of Jiangsu, said Yao Qili, spokesman of the Yangzhou government.
He said police were investigating suspicions of arson. Some witnesses to the fire told Xinhua they had seen a young man carry what appeared to be two containers of gasoline into the facility Monday evening before the fire broke out. One witness said the young man had owed about 100 yuan (US$14.7) in debt to the chess room owner and was being hounded to pay his debt. An owner of a restaurant near the chess room told Xinhua that the 20-square-meter chess room had four playing tables. He said that before the fire engines could arrive, he had seen three people rush out of the room, engulfed in flames. The three jumped into a nearby river. |
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