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Welders' Illegal Operation Causes Luoyang Fire
Relatives Identify Christmas Nightclub Fire Victims
Stray sparks from welding caused the fire that killed 309 people on December 25 in Luoyang City of central China's Henan Province, investigators said December 28.
The fire was caused by welder Wang Chengtai's operation in violation of regulations, according to an investigation team of experts from the Ministry of Public Security and provincial public security department.
At about 9 p.m. on December 25, Wang and three other welders, all unlicensed and employed by the Taiwan investor Dennis, a business partner of Dongdu Commercial Building, were working in the basement of the commercial building, when stray welding slag fell down on furniture and cotton flannel in the sub-basement and started the fire.
Wang and his colleagues failed to put out the fire with water and fled the scene without reporting the fire.
Relatives Identify Christmas Nightclub Fire Victims
On Wednesday morning, the four were seized by police and confessed to their violation of law.
The experts' conclusion was confirmed by porters working at the scene.
The public security department of Luoyang City has detained the four welders, including Wang Chengtai, Song Long, Lai Dengge and Ding Xiaodong, as well as other eight people who were at the spot and provided false testimony.
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