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1 dead, 8 injured after woman allegedly sets fire trying to kill cockroach, reports say
The 20-year-old suspect faces charges of gross negligence after a homemade flamethrower caused a fire killing one and injuring eight, police said.
- On Monday, a 20-year-old woman in Osan allegedly used a lighter and 'spray pain relief patches' around 5:35 a.m., igniting a fire on the second story of a five-story apartment complex.
- The BBC reported the woman said she used the same homemade flamethrower method before, and social media videos have made such insect-killing tactics more frequent.
- A 30-year-old neighbor, a new mother, died while trying to flee her fifth-floor apartment, and eight people injured suffered smoke inhalation injuries that were not life-threatening.
- Osan police said they will seek an arrest warrant, the 20-year-old woman faces charges of fire caused by gross negligence and death by negligence, and police will hand the case to prosecutors after investigation.
- Residents climbed out their windows to escape smoke, and the couple called for help, handed their child to a neighbor in an adjacent building, while the husband jumped approximately one meter away.
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Wishing to get rid of a cockroach with the help of an improvised flamethrower, a South Korean woman caused a fire in her building, which killed her neighbor.
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