Anti-corruption investigators in Hong Kong said eight people are now in police custody following the devastating fires at an apartment complex that has claimed more than 100 lives.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced the arrests of seven men and one woman between the ages of 40 and 63 as officials continue to probe how the blazes started, reports the South China Morning Post .

Investigators said those arrested include two directors of a construction consultancy firm, two project managers at an architect firm overseeing renovation work, three subcontracted for the scaffolding used at the buildings — including a couple who own the company, and the other was a middleman.

ICAC said its officers obtained warrants to search 13 premises related to the arrested in

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