The local police suspected that the cause of the fire in an old residential and commercial building in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, was a true story and secured the suspect's recruits.
According to local media, the police have identified Hwang Mo as a suspect.
Hwang burned incense and drank alcohol at an antique shop on the first floor of this building at dawn on the day of the fire, and threw away the incense that had not been extinguished properly. There is.
The fire department believes that the 'pop' sound reported by witnesses is the sound of an explosion when a fire from a trash bin spreads to a gas stove.
Hwang was under investigation by the police because it was known that he had an argument with his boyfriend near the first ignition point before the fire.
After arguing with his boyfriend, the police confirmed that he and other acquaintances smoked incense to drive mosquitoes away while drinking in the indoor space behind the store.
Hwang, however, admitted to throwing the incense in the trash, but is said to have claimed that it had nothing to do with the building fire.
A fire broke out in an old mixed-use building in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, at around 2:40 a.m. today (14th) local time, killing 46 people and injuring 41 people so far.
In particular, the building that caught fire was said to have been occupied by a large number of elderly people living alone because the rent was cheap, but the average age of the victims was 62 years old.
(Photo = Taiwan Central News Agency capture, Yonhap News)