▲ Seoul Songpa Police Station
Police have requested an arrest warrant for a woman in her 30s who, while under the influence of alcohol, started a fire in the parking lot of a multi-family housing building in Munjeong-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul.
The Seoul Songpa Police Station announced today (October 19) that it has filed for an arrest warrant for a woman in her 30s, identified as A, on charges of arson of an inhabited building.
A is suspected of setting fire to the first-floor parking lot of the multi-family housing building in Munjeong-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, at around 12:37 a.m. yesterday (October 18).
The building where the fire broke out is reportedly owned by A's mother, and both A and her mother were living on different floors of the same residence.
During police questioning, A reportedly stated that she resented her mother collecting waste paper, and after drinking alcohol, she set fire to the discarded paper her mother had gathered.
The fire left eight residents with minor injuries such as smoke inhalation and completely destroyed three vehicles.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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