Jakarta - Police in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Saturday arrested a man charging he accidentally started a fire which killed 20 people at a karaoke bar. The fire ripped through the M-City entertainment center in the city of Medan on Friday night and police said the blaze originated in a karaoke lounge on the third floor of the building.
Twenty people were killed, including nine women, while two others were in critical condition, police said.
Police said they were questioning a building employee who had admitted to having used a match to trim carpet threads.
"He will be charged with negligence causing death," said Agus Andrianto, head of North Sumatra's police criminal investigation division.
Investigators said poor ventilation and lack of emergency lights had made it difficult for victims to escape.
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