20140528 Korea Arson attack on Seoul subway, no casualties reported
Korea Jun 05 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
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Arson attack on Seoul subway, no casualties reported
Updated: 2014-05-28-17:17
A 71-year-old man set fire on a subway train in Seoul on Wednesday, but no casualties were reported, police officers said.
The fire started at around 10:50 a.m. when the arsonist, identified only by his surname Cho, doused a seat inside a subway car approaching Dogok Station on Line 3 with flammable liquid and ignited it, they said.
The blaze was brought under control in roughly six minutes by subway employees, the officers said, adding that some 370 passengers on the train evacuated immediately.
“Trains are currently passing Dogok Station without stoppage due to the smoke,” said an official of the subway operator.
Police said they were questioning Cho after rounding him up at a nearby hospital where he was receiving treatment for mild burns.
“I attempted to commit suicide after not receiving a proper reward for damages on a septic tank that I operated 15 years ago,” Cho was quoted as telling police officers. “I received the reward through a law suit, but the amount did not meet my expectations.”
The accident came hours after a fire ripped through a nursing home in Jangseong County, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, killing at least 21 people, mostly elderly patients, and injuring eight others.
In another incident, one person was mildly injured, with no reported fatalities, in a fire at a parking lot of a discount chain in Seoul. The blaze was extinguished in 20 minutes. (Yonhap)
Websource:Korea times
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