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Man arrested after eight people die in Paris fire
September 03, 2015
The French police have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a building fire which had claimed the lives of eight people, including two children, in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The man was carrying a candle and a lighter, and had been sought in relation to some 20 cases involving drugs, vandalism and theft. He was detained on the basis of eyewitness testimony and a video surveillance camera 10m from the burned- out apartment building.