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Four detained over Shanghai high-rise fire

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-16 12:46

SHANGHAI - Police Tuesday detained four people over a high-rise blaze that had left 53 people dead and more than 70 others injured in downtown Shanghai.

An initial investigation blamed the disaster on mal-operation by unlicensed electric welding workers, according to a report by www.xinmin.cn.