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Early today (22nd), several fires broke out near Cheonggyecheon in Seoul.
Police investigating a possible arson arrested the suspect a little while ago.
Reporter Kim Hye-min reports.
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Firefighters are busy extinguishing fires between buildings that are raging with flames.
[Do not touch!
Don't touch it!]
After a while, something explodes inside the building.
A fire broke out in a shopping mall in Changsin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, around 2 am this morning.
However, 10 minutes ago, a fire broke out in a commercial building in Hwanghak-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and a house near Sindang Station, Jung-gu, Seoul, around 1:30 am, 20 minutes before this.
[Owner of a building damaged by fire: We have piled up the materials.
A fire was burning on the material.
If the fire had spontaneously ignited, it had to come up from the bottom, but it was burning from above.
As if oil was poured.]
There were no casualties, but three fires broke out in a row within just 30 minutes.
The police arrested suspect A at around 6:00 pm today and are investigating whether there was a serial arson.
[Hyehwa Police Station official: We have secured a new recruit for the suspect, and we have just brought him to the office.
I think I can tell you when it's confirmed.]
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At around 6:15 am today, 76 residents were evacuated due to a fire in the central market in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do.
At an agricultural and marine products wholesale market in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, one person was taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke.
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11:50 a.m., a fire broke out in the dormitory of a transportation facility installation company in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and one worker in his 50s died in the bathroom.
Most of the workers returned home for the holiday, but it is known that they were in an accident while living alone in a lodging.
(Video coverage: Lee Sang-hak, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)