At least 11 people have died in a fire incident in a café in Vietnam, with Hanoi police arresting a suspect, a media report said in Thursday.

Reuters quoted Vietnamese interior ministry, officials as saying the incident took place inside café in the capital city.

Hanoi police nabbed a man suspected of starting the deadly fire, the report added, without giving further details.

Police said following a verbal dispute with café workers, the 50 years old suspect sprayed gasoline on the ground floor of the three-storey café building and lit the blaze.

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