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13 held for club fire that killed 43

By Chen Hong | China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-22 07:37

SHENZHEN: Thirteen people have been detained in connection with a nightclub fire on Saturday that killed 43 people and injured 65.

Wang Jing, owner of the club who could not be traced after the fire, surrendered to police yesterday afternoon. The general manager, deputy general manager, safety officer, technician and performers had been detained earlier.

Hundreds of people, most of them youths, had packed into the Wu Wang Club, popular as "King of the Dancers Club", in the city's Longgang district when the fire broke out around 11 pm.

13 held for club fire that killed 43

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