FILE PHOTO: A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly blaze, in Johannesburg, South Africa August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested a man suspected of starting the fire that killed more than 70 people in a hijacked building in downtown Johannesburg in August.
The 29-year-old man confessed to an inquiry tasked with determining responsibility for the blaze that he was involved in starting it, the police said in a statement sent to Reuters on Wednesday.
