South Africa: Man arrested for starting deadly Johannesburg fire


South African police said Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of starting a fire that killed more than 70 in Johannesburg last year.

The 29-year-old was detained on Tuesday after confessing his involvement before an enquiry was established to investigate the tragedy. Seventy-seven people were killed and scores injured as a blaze ripped through a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing in central Johannesburg last August.

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Source: Algoa FM News