Overview
- Police say the fire broke out around 5:35 a.m. Monday in a five-story mixed-use building in Osan, Gyeonggi Province.
- Investigators report a second-floor resident tried to kill a cockroach with a lighter and aerosol, a method she told police she learned on YouTube.
- With stairways filled with smoke, a fifth-floor couple passed their two-month-old to neighbors less than a meter away; the husband crossed safely and the mother later died after a fall.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about 40 minutes, and eight other residents were treated for smoke inhalation.
- Authorities say they will request an arrest warrant on negligence-related charges and are examining evacuation conditions and building factors in the rapid spread.