Man caring for ancestors’ grave may have ignited huge South Korea wildfire, police say
A South Korean man tending a family grave is suspected of sparking one of the ‘unprecedented’ wildfires that ravaged the ...
South Korean police plan to question man on suspicion of accidentally starting wildfire
South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old man on suspicion of starting at least one of the wildfires that recently ...
Man tending grave probed for starting South Korea fires
A 56-year-old man is being investigated in South Korea on suspicion of starting a deadly wildfire that killed 30 people. The ...
How did South Korea's worst wildfire start? Police suspect 56-year-old man trying to clean gravesite
Police believe the fire may have been triggered on 22 March by a 56-year-old man tending to his grandparents’ gravesites.
Old clip of arson suspect reignites anti-Chinese attitudes as South Korea battles deadly blazes
As South Korea battled unprecedented wildfires that ravaged large areas of the country's southeast in March 2025, a video was ...
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Wildfire in South Korea's Gyeongsang fully contained
A massive wildfire that swept through large swaths in South Korea’s North and South Gyeongsang provinces has been fully ...
Suspect booked for deadly wildfires in North Gyeongsang
Police in North Gyeongsang Province booked a 56-year-old man Sunday without detention on suspicion of starting a wildfire that killed 26 people. The man allegedly ignited the fire at around 11:24 a.m.
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Man caring for ancestors’ grave may have ignited huge South Korea wildfire, police say
In South Korea, a booking is not an arrest but rather indicates the man’s information was collected for the investigation. He was looking after a family grave on a hill in Uiseong County, North ...