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Yesterday (9th) morning at a lawyer's office in Suseong-gu, Daegu, a fire presumed to be an arson killed 7 people and injured 49 people.
Police believed that a man in his 50s set the fire on purpose, but the man died at the scene.
This is reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.
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A man climbs the stairs to the first floor with a white cloth-covered object on one of his arms.
He goes up to the second floor, and he walks straight to the door opposite the elevator.
After about 20 seconds, I wondered if there would be a spark, and then surprised people rushed out from Honbi Baeksan, and then black smoke filled the hallway.
Yesterday around 11 am, a fire presumably caused by arson broke out in a building in Beomeo-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu.
The fire was extinguished in 22 minutes, but 7 people were killed and 49 people suffered minor and major injuries from smoke inhalation.
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[Lee Hyun-woo / 2nd floor worker: I see you tearing the window.
came out over there
three people.
I was holding a hammer.
I knocked and knocked, so I ripped a door open.]
All of the dead were found in Room 203 of the five offices on the second floor of the building on fire.
Five men and two women, including the arson suspect.
This office has only one entrance and seems to have suffered a lot of damage as it has the longest distance from stairs or elevators.
Police believe that the 50-year-old arson suspect, who was on trial, found the lawyer's office and locked the door and set the fire at the entrance.
The deceased lawyer and secretary are known to be cousins, and it is said that the wounds from the knife were confirmed in the two men.
The police plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident today, such as conducting a detailed inspection to check the weapon, etc.