Shanghai, Delhi Probe Building Accidents After 119 Die
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Police in Shanghai and New Delhi investigated separate accidents that killed at least 119 people in incidents that highlighted illegal construction and lax safety rules in the world’s fastest-growing economies.
Eight people were detained in China’s financial capital after sparks from unlicensed electric welders set off a blaze that killed 53, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. In New Delhi, authorities arrested the owner of a building that collapsed, the NDTV television channel reported. The incident killed 66 people as workers were constructing an illegal fifth floor, Press Trust of India said.