The towel and shoe racks, as well as the walls on the third floor of the tahfiz school, where a fire claimed 23 lives last week, was splashed with petrol.

"The fire spread to the ceiling and consumed the door on the third floor.

"The fire spread quickly due to gas released from two LPG cylinders," Fire and Rescue Department director-general Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim told a press conference in Putrajaya today.

Based on the findings, investigators have classified the incident as a case of "incendiary fire", which differs from arson...