2 police officers arrested in Vietnam after blaze kills 32


Firefighters and onlookers at the scene of a deadly fire that engulfed a karaoke bar in Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City, on September 7, 2022. Two police officers have been detained for alleged negligence in the blaze that killed 32 people. – AFP pic, October 8, 2022.

TWO police officers in southern Vietnam have been arrested for negligence over a karaoke bar fire that killed 32 people last month, authorities said.

Fire ripped through the three-storey entertainment venue in a dense residential neighbourhood of Thuan An city, north of commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City in early September.


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