Fire safety lessons to be learned from nanny's arson case

ON FRIDAY, Mo Huanjing, a nanny with heavy gambling debts, was sentenced to death by Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court after being found guilty of starting a fire that killed her employer's wife and children. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

In court, Mo admitted to starting a fire in the living room of the family's 18th-floor hig-hrise apartment in Hangzhou, with the intention of putting it out and seeking money from her employer for her swift actions. However, the fire spread rapidly and she fled.

After the court released the verdict on its micro blog, some commented that justice had been done.