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Restaurant owner arrested after setting fire amid eviction dispute in Goyang
A fire damaged two buildings in Pung-dong, Goyang, on the morning of October 13.
Police arrested the restaurant’s owner, a man in his 60s, in Yangju.
Police say he set fire to his own restaurant using a homemade ignition device after his landlord sued to evict him.
Investigators believe he first cut the gas valve before starting the fire.
The blaze damaged the restaurant and neighboring businesses, but no one was injured.
Firefighters put it out in about 43 minutes, and police are investigating the case.
Police arrested a restaurant operator in his 60s after a fire at his restaurant in Goyang, South Korea.
Authorities suspect he set the fire using a homemade detonator after becoming upset over an eviction lawsuit filed by the building owner.
The fire broke out at about 7 a.m. on October 13 in Pung-dong, Ilsandong-gu.
The restaurant and neighboring businesses in two buildings were damaged, but no one was injured.
Firefighters put out the blaze in about 43 minutes.
- Who
- A restaurant operator in his 60s was arrested as a suspect.
- What
- A fire broke out at his restaurant; police suspect he deliberately set it using a homemade detonator.
- When
- About 7 a.m. on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- A restaurant in Pung-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, South Korea.
- Why
- Police said he was upset because the building owner had filed an eviction lawsuit against him.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A fire broke out at a restaurant in Pung-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Police identified the restaurant operator as a suspect and arrested him in Yangju.
- Suspect
- Restaurant operator in his 60s
- Fire location
- Pung-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang
- Fire time
- About 7 a.m. on October 13, 2026
- Fire damage
- Two buildings, including the restaurant and neighboring businesses
- Casualties
- None reported
- Fire response
- 13 vehicles and 30 personnel; blaze extinguished in about 43 minutes
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