Gyeongsangnam-do Masan Eastern Police Station arrests and forwards a man in his 60s who set fire to a house due to a conflict between upstairs neighbors.

Masan Eastern Police Station in Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 3rd that it had arrested and sent Mr. A, a man in his 60s, on charges of setting fire to the house he lived in (hyeonju building arson) due to a conflict with his upstairs neighbor.

Mr. A is accused of setting fire to the curtains of the first-floor residence he rented at around 2:55 p.m. on the 28th of last month with the intention of burning down a two-story house in Guam-dong, Masanhoewon-gu, Changwon-si.

There were no casualties in this fire, but furniture inside the house was burned.

The police dispatched after receiving a joint response request from the fire department and arrested Mr. A as a criminal at the scene.

During the police investigation, Mr. A is said to have made a statement to the effect that "I started the fire because of a conflict with my second-floor neighbor."

The police received an arrest warrant from the court on the 30th of last month and detained and sent Mr. A.