Arson by Inpatient at Daegu Psychiatric Hospital... 8 Injured

Evacuation Chaos for 60 Patients on 7th Floor... 8 Suffer Smoke Inhalation, Transferred to Another Hospital

The photo shows the scene of a fire in a 7th-floor hospital room at a psychiatric hospital in Dong-gu, Daegu, which occurred around 10:46 PM on the 5th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] A hospitalized patient who set fire to a room in a psychiatric hospital in downtown Daegu was caught on the spot by the police.

According to the Daegu Police Agency on the 6th, at around 10:46 p.m. the previous night, a fire broke out due to arson in a room on the 7th floor of a psychiatric hospital in Dong-gu, Daegu, causing dozens of hospitalized patients to evacuate in a commotion.

The Daegu Fire Department explained that when 119 arrived at the scene 4 minutes after a hospital official reported the fire to 119, the fire had already been extinguished by itself.

As a result of the fire, 63 patients on the 7th floor were urgently evacuated. At that time, 209 patients were hospitalized in the hospital. Among the evacuated patients on the 7th floor, 8 inhaled smoke and were transferred to other hospitals, but no serious injuries were reported.

The police caught one hospitalized patient at the scene on suspicion of setting fire to beds and other items with a lighter. The police are investigating the motive for the crime, believing that the patient set the fire out of dissatisfaction with the hospital.

The photo shows the scene of a fire on the 7th floor of a psychiatric hospital in Dong-gu, Daegu, which occurred around 10:46 PM on the 5th.