Notorious Serial Arsonist Arrested for Massive Hamyang Wildfire

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Suspect in Hamyang Wildfire Arrested: 60-Year-Old Kim, Nicknamed "Fire Squirrel," Arsonist 17 Years Ago. He was arrested on arson charges after serving a 10-year prison sentence for a serial wildfire arsonist in Ulsan over a 17-year period. The suspect in the Hamyang wildfire in South Gyeongsang Province, which burned 234 hectares of forest as the first major wildfire of the year, has been apprehended. This suspect is from Ulsan Dong

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(Changwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Jong-ho = The arson suspect in the Hamyang forest fire in South Gyeongsang Province, recorded as the first major forest fire of the year, is a criminal who previously set fires on Mt. Bongdae in Dong-gu, Ulsan for 17 years...

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With police investigations revealing that the cause of the forest fire in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province—the first major wildfire of 2026—was arson, an arson suspect has been apprehended. Investigative reporting revealed that the suspect is the so-called "Ulsan Bongdaesan Fire Squirrel," who is accused of setting fires in mountains in the Ulsan region approximately 90 times over the past 17 years. On March 28, 2011, the forest fire arson sus…