In the case of a fire in the skyscraper arrested the organizers of the Beijing fireworks.

In the case of a fire that destroyed skyscraper on 9 February in Beijing, arrested 12 people, including 8 staff on the organization of fireworks, on Wednesday, Reuters reported with reference to the Beijing News. They were charged with violation of safety rules when handling explosive substances, providing for penalties of up to 7 years imprisonment.

The investigation on the cause of the fire concluded that the cause of fire was the use of too powerful fireworks that are prohibited to run the city. It was also found that employees on the organization of fireworks left the building immediately after it appeared the fire, leaving unattended 21 box of pyrotechnics.

Customer fireworks, it was the Chinese Central Television (CCTV), one of the studios located at the skyscraper. The former head of the construction management of CCTV, reports Reuters, is also taken into custody.

In the 30-storey skyscraper, destroyed by fire, other than the studio had to accommodate the CCTV network Mandarin Oriental hotel and cultural-entertainment complex. The opening of the hotel was scheduled for mid-2009.