18 detained after Beijing apartment fire

The photo shows a view of the wreckage after a fatal housing block fire in Beijing, China, November 19, 2017. (AFP)

The Beijing police have detained 18 suspects in association with a fire in an apartment that killed 19 people on Saturday.

The fire broke out at a three-story apartment building in Xinjian Village of Daxing District in Beijing's southern suburb.

A total of 19 people were killed in the fire, of whom eight were under 18 years old, He Rui, the deputy chief of Daxing District, said at a press briefing late on Monday.


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