Man Probed for Wildfire Start

This is a North Gyeongsang news story, published by BBC.

North Gyeongsang news

For more North Gyeongsang news, you can click here:

more North Gyeongsang news

News about Asia politics

For more Asia politics news, you can click here:

more Asia politics news

BBC news

For more news from BBC, you can click here:

more news from BBC

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best world news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about Asia politics, you might also like this article about

Goun Temple

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest historic temples news, Korea Forest Service news, news about Asia politics, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

capital Seoul

BBC

•

World

South Korean man tending relatives' grave probed for starting deadly wildfire

Summary

Nutrition label

76% Informative

Man, 56 , was performing an ancestral rite by a family grave on a hill in North Gyeongsang province.

He has been booked - but not arrested - and will be called in for questioning.

Investigators reportedly spoke to the suspect's daughter who is said to have told them the fire began as her father tried to burn tree branches hanging over the graves with a cigarette lighter.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful