A 78-year-old man and his brother in Caotun Town argued about setting a fire and tried to pour hydrochloric acid but were stopped by the police.

A quarrel broke out between elderly brothers in the suburbs of Caotun Town. The 78-year-old brother had deep grudges. In spite of his anger, he poured gasoline and set fire. In addition to all the sundries on the arcade, the furniture in the living room was blackened. After the fire was controlled, the old man was unwilling to take out the stored hydrochloric acid and wanted to splash his younger brother with hydrochloric acid. The sharp-eyed police officers stopped him and prevented another tragedy from happening. The old man has been detained for violating the crime of public danger.

In Tuotian House, a multi-family house in the suburb of Xinfengli, Caotun Town, at nearly 11 o'clock on the night of the 8th, a fire broke out in the middle of the three-family Tuotian House. A lot of debris and parked motorcycles on the arcade were burned. Neighbors were frightened and called the police. The fire was quickly controlled by the Caotun fire brigade. The motorcycles and debris outside the arcade were burned, and the living room was also affected. Furniture and goods on the first floor were all burned.

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Officers from the Zhongzheng Police Station received the report and rushed to the scene. They saw a 78-year-old man named Peng sticking his head nearby, holding a bucket in his hand and acting strangely. Later, when the old man saw his younger brother and his family outside, he was about to throw the hydrochloric acid in the bucket in his direction. The police officer quickly stepped forward to stop him. The liquid in the bucket spilled onto the police officer's feet, causing a small area of ​​chemical burns. Fortunately, the injury was not serious.

The old man surnamed Peng committed a public danger crime of arson and has been sentenced to custody. His younger brother and his family cannot forgive his actions of setting fire and throwing hydrochloric acid on the old man. A family member posted a post on a local Facebook group, saying that the old man burned all the goods they were doing business with. Fortunately, the family who lived on the second floor of the house that was set on fire had just moved out, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

The old man's neighbors revealed today that the old man was actually a pretty good person, and he and his younger brother had conflicts over property issues. Everyone was shocked when such an accident happened.