Arrest Warrant Denied for 30-Something Woman Who Set Fire to Villa Parking Lot While Intoxicated

A woman in her 30s who started a fire in the parking lot of a multi-family housing building in Songpa-gu, Seoul, while intoxicated has avoided detention.

The Seoul Eastern District Court held a pre-arrest interrogation (warrant review) today (the 20th) for A, who faces charges of arson of inhabited buildings, and dismissed the arrest warrant, stating that "she has a stable residence and there is no risk of flight or destruction of evidence."

A is suspected of starting the fire in the first-floor parking lot of the multi-family housing building in Songpa-gu, Seoul, at around 12:37 a.m. the day before yesterday.

The building where the fire broke out is reportedly owned by A's mother, and both A and her mother live on different floors of the same building.

According to police investigations, A stated that she was unhappy about her mother collecting waste paper, so she drank alcohol and set fire to the waste paper her mother had gathered.

The fire injured eight residents and completely burned three vehicles.

(Photo: Yonhap News)
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