Drunk woman in her 30s sets fire to parking lot in Songpa

A woman in her 30s who set fire to the parking lot of a multi-family housing complex in Munjeong-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, while drunk, was arrested by police on the 18th. According to the Songpa Police Station in Seoul, the woman, identified only as A, was arrested red-handed on charges of arson of an occupied structure after setting fire to cardboard boxes stacked in the first-floor parking lot of the complex at around 12:37 a.m. the same day.

The fire, which broke out in the piloti-style parking lot, destroyed three vehicles, and 20 residents evacuated on their own. Eight residents suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation. Police believe A committed arson while intoxicated and are considering seeking an arrest warrant.

A fire broke out at around 8:38 a.m. on the 16th at a metal injection printing factory in Naedong, Ojeong District, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. One firefighter in his 40s, engaged in firefighting operations, became trapped at the scene and died, while five other firefighters and two factory workers were also injured.

The investigation unit of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency booked the factory head, a man in his 70s identified only as B, on charges of negligent fire-prevention measures (business negligence causing injury and negligent arson). On the 17th, the day after the fire, police questioned B and five other factory workers and officials as witnesses to determine the work conditions at the time of the accident and the state of safety management.