Taichung prosecutors on Friday indicted a landlord and tenant who they say are responsible for a apartment complex fire that killed six people and injured six others on March 6.
Prosecutors charged the tenant, surnamed Cheng (鄭), with homicide and offenses related to endangering public safety for deliberately setting the building ablaze, and the landlord, surnamed Chuang (莊), with offenses related to endangering public safety and causing deaths by obstructing fire escape routes in the building with flammable items.
Cheng had previously told police that he had set a pile of recycled items on fire in a communal area of the building
Taichung, May 6 (CNA) Taichung prosecutors on Friday indicted a landlord and tenant who are believed to be responsible for the March 6 apartment complex fire that resulted in six deaths and six injured.