Organized Crime Tie Probed in Fatal Fire

As fire inspectors sifted through the debris at a Hong Kong karaoke club gutted in a fire that killed 15 people, police said they were investigating a possible organized crime link to what appeared to be an arson attack. Initial reports said the fatal fire may have been started by a gasoline bomb tossed onto the first-floor stairway of the Top One Karaoke Bar. A police spokesman said the case was being treated as arson and murder, but added he was unable to confirm exactly how the fire was started. Another karaoke club was slightly damaged in a fire early Sunday in the same area. Police said no one was injured in the latest blaze. Police said the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau had drawn up a list of 11 suspects and had arrested four men and two women. A search continued for the rest.