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Yesterday (3rd) at dawn in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, a fire broke out in a multi-family house, and among the couples who were evacuating from the 4th floor, the husband died and the wife was seriously injured. The police urgently arrested a man who lived on the second floor as a suspect in arson.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon reports.
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A man staggers down the stairs as if drunk.
Less than a minute after the man came out of the building, the building was filled with fumes of smoke and residents evacuated.
Yesterday around 0 am, a fire broke out on the second floor of a multi-family house in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do.
A couple who could not get out of the house on the fourth floor due to the fire fell to the floor while trying to escape through the window, killing the husband and seriously injuring his wife.
[Ansan Fire Station staff: I found two people who fell. It was between the buildings. (Yesterday) At first glance in the morning, I heard that it had fallen and was moaning. .] The
police discovered circumstances suspected of arson during the investigation process, including joint forensics.
The suspect identified by the police is a man in his 40s who lives on the second floor.
The man who appeared on CCTV disappeared immediately after the fire.
[Police: It is presumed that he set fire to the room and ran away. The floor.]
Neighbors told the police that Mr. A had not paid his rent for several months and set fire to the hallway of the building about a month ago.
[Police: I heard that I set my underwear on fire and threw it to the top...
Those parts were not reported at that time.] The
police, who followed the escape route, urgently arrested Mr. A near Oryu Station in Guro-gu, Seoul around 4 pm today.
After investigating the exact circumstances and motives of the incident, the police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for arson and murder.
(Video coverage: Mun-San Bae, Video editing: Tae-Ho Yoon)