Gas Station Employee in His 30s Sets Himself on Fire While Under the Influence of Drugs

Under Treatment for Second-Degree Burns on the Whole Body

In the middle of the night at a gas station, an employee set himself on fire after using drugs with an acquaintance and dousing his body with gasoline while in a hallucinatory state.

On the 29th, Yonhap News reported, citing police and fire authorities, that "around 12:40 a.m. at a gas station in Jangam-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province, a man in his 30s, Mr. A, set himself on fire."

The fire department responded to a report of a fire at the gas station and transported Mr. A to the hospital. The police who arrived on the scene extinguished the fire themselves. Mr. A sustained second-degree burns over his entire body and is currently receiving treatment.

Mr. A reportedly stated that "he used marijuana handed to him by an acquaintance at the gas station." The police identified Mr. B, a man in his 30s and acquaintance of Mr. A who fled the scene by car, and arrested him urgently in Dobong-gu, Seoul. The police plan to investigate the drug procurement route and the circumstances of drug use with these individuals.