Arsonist Sets Fire to 5 Locations in Incheon Hyundai Market: "I Don't Remember Due to Intoxication"

The fire at Incheon Hyundai Market, which burned 55 stores, has been confirmed as arson, and the suspect claimed during police investigation that he does not remember at all, although he set fire to a total of five locations.

According to the Incheon Jungbu Police Station on the 5th, Mr. A, in his 40s, who was urgently arrested on suspicion of arson of a general building, was found to have set fire to five places in total.

Mr. A committed arson at three places, including a dish store inside Hyundai Market in Songnim-dong, Dong-gu, Incheon, at around 11:38 p.m. the previous day.

Afterwards, he went outside the market and set fire to a pile of trash in front of a church while walking along the street, and also set fire to the cargo bed of a small truck parked nearby.

The police estimate that it took about 10 minutes for Mr. A to set fire to all five locations.

Mr. A, captured on CCTV around Hyundai Market, was not holding any flammable materials such as gasoline before and after the crime. The police presume that Mr. A used a lighter to sequentially set the fires.

During the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly claimed, "I was very drunk and do not remember anything. I have no memory of going to the market or how I got home."

At around 11:38 PM on the 4th, a large fire broke out at Hyundai Market in Dong-gu, Incheon, destroying 55 out of 205 stores, reducing them to ashes.
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Earlier, the police urgently arrested Mr. A at his home at around 9:50 a.m. that day.

Although there were no casualties from the fire Mr. A set around Hyundai Market, 55 out of the total 205 stores were burned.

The fire department issued a 'Response Level 2' by mobilizing firefighters and equipment from 5 to 6 nearby fire stations and completely extinguished the fire after about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

The police plan to apply for Mr. A's arrest warrant soon while additionally analyzing CCTV footage around the fire scene.

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