▲ Fired vehicle


At 3:33 am on the 18th, at a crossroad in Seonghwa-dong, Seowon-gu, Cheongju-si, A (41) put a flammable substance on his body and ignited a fire inside a car with a 22-month-old child.

The child's father, A, was burned in the upper body with a second degree burn and was taken to a nearby hospital.

According to the police, Mr. A was said to have fled the house with his child after having a quarrel with a spouse in a common-law relationship.

The spouse reported to the police that domestic violence had occurred at about 2:41 pm on the day.
When A received a report and discovered the dispatched police officer, he pulled a car near the Guryongsan intersection in Seonghwa-dong, sprinkled flammable substances on his body and the car, and tried to change himself.

When the fire broke out, the police quickly rescued Mr. A's child and put it out with a fire extinguisher.

Mr. A suffered a second degree burn in the upper body, but was known to have no problem with life.

(Photo = Chungbuk Provincial Fire Department, Yonhap News)