One body found in Yeosu empty house fire

(Yeosu = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Hyun-ki = At ​​10:58 pm on the 10th, a fire broke out in an empty house in Hwayang-myeon, Yeosu-si.

Fire authorities extinguished all fires at 0:41, 1 hour and 43 minutes after receiving the report.

While clearing up the remaining fire, authorities discovered a body believed to have been burned to death inside the house and handed it over to the police.

Traces of someone living in the house, including household items, were also found.

The house was empty for a long time after the owner's death, and it was reported that the owner's cousin, a man in his 60s, often used the house.

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the exact identity and cause of the fire through genetic identification as soon as the fire is extinguished.