Overview
- Police in Osan requested an arrest warrant for the resident on negligent arson and negligent death.
- The blaze began around 5:30 a.m. Monday in a second-floor unit after flammable spray was lit with a lighter, and smoke spread through the building’s central stairs.
- A Chinese woman in her 30s fell from a fifth-floor window while escaping after handing her two-month-old to a neighbor; the baby survived.
- Eight people suffered mostly minor smoke inhalation, and firefighters controlled the fire in about 40 minutes.
- Investigators say the suspect, about 20, admitted she had used the aerosol-and-lighter method previously.