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Twenty people were killed in a one hour blaze in a commercial building in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, police said. Twenty people have been killed in a fire in a karaoke club in Medan, they were trapped inside the building, police official told. The fire originated from a karaoke club located on the third floor of the five-storey commercial building. The fire was put out an hour later, the officer said, adding that investigations were underway. Some witnesses told local television that the blaze was caused by an electrical short circuit.
