Initial investigations into the tragedy show poisonous methyl alcohol was mixed with a spirit which proved deadly.
The fire killed at least seven people and destroyed 40 houses in the densely populated Taytay municipality in the southeast of Manila, police said.
The skirmish took place near Ronwagnchhari, a town shut to tourists since October when security forces launched a crackdown against the Kuki-Chin National Front, a newly emerged rebel group.
Police in Telangana say at least 10 members of the gang have been arrested people of the gang which targeted people across 24 states and eight metropolitan cities.
The arrests include a factory manager who did not tell local authorities about the Ramadan almsgiving that drew a massive crowd and led to the deaths of nine women and three children.
Police say that they have concluded an operation after the overnight shooting incident in the city.
Police in Lahore and the capital Islamabad have been conducting raids to arrest the leaders and workers of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, police and party members confirmed.
Clashes erupted outside Imran Khan's house in Lahore after police from Islamabad arrived to arrest him on charges of threatening a judge in one of his speeches last year.
In its latest report, London-based Amnesty International draws attention to miscarriages of police work, urging 'legally-binding global controls on the manufacture and trade in less lethal weapons'.
Officers in American city use dangerous neck restraints, allow police dogs to continue biting people after they surrender, film themselves insulting people with disabilities and describe Black people as "monkeys", says Justice Department.
A suicide bomber drove a motorcycle into a truck in Balochistan province, resulting in the death of nine paramilitary soldiers.
The blast occurred a day after two gunmen indiscriminately opened fire at three houses in Dhangri village, killing four people, police said.
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