"Why Can't I Smoke?" ... 50-Year-Old Man Arrested for Arson at Hospital Out of Grudge

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] A man in his 50s was booked for setting fire to a hospital nurse's changing room because smoking was prohibited in the hospital.

The Jinhae Police Station in Gyeongnam announced on the 7th that they are investigating Mr. A on suspicion of setting fire to a nurse's changing room at a hospital in Jinhae-gu, Changwon City.

Mr. A set fire to the nurse's office on the first floor of the hospital around 7 a.m. that day and then turned himself in at the police station.

According to the police, Mr. A, who was an inpatient, testified that he held a grudge and set the fire after a staff member stopped him from smoking inside the hospital.

The fire, which started on a stack of documents in the nurse's changing room, was extinguished with a fire extinguisher by hospital staff about 15 minutes later when the fire alarm went off, preventing it from spreading significantly.

The fire damaged the stack of documents and part of the changing room, but there were no casualties.

The police are investigating the detailed circumstances of the incident with Mr. A.

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