Police arrested a Chinese man in his 60s who was drunk and set fire to a multi-family house and a car owned by a landlord.
The Anyang Manan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province yesterday (29th) announced that it is investigating a Chinese national on charges of fire prevention of buildings in Hyeonju.
The multi-family house is a four-story building with six studio apartments from the first to third floors, and two studio apartments on the fourth floor.
Earlier, A is accused of setting fire to his 303 house at around 9:42 p.m. the previous day in a four-story multi-family house in Anyang-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang-si. It also set fire to a car owned by a lessor in the parking lot.
Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters
The fire authorities, who were dispatched after receiving the report, issued the first stage of response at 9:46 p.m. out of concern for the loss of many lives.
The fire was completely extinguished at about 10:13 p.m., and fortunately, there were no casualties.
A ran away after arson and was arrested by police at around 11:33 p.m. on the same day on a nearby street.
The man generally admitted the allegations in a police investigation, but reportedly rambled under the influence of alcohol.
Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team
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