Drunken woman sets herself on fire after fight with husband
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The couch that was torched by the fire. / Yonhap
By Lee Han-soo
A drunken woman suffered second-degree burns to her face and body when she set herself on fire after a fight with her husband over a car key on Thursday.
The woman, surnamed Kim, 36, runs a logistics firm in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.
She reportedly had a drink with her husband and they argued about her business.
Kim, heavily drunk, then asked for the car key to go home, but her husband refused, telling her to use a chauffeur service.
Kim then poured gasoline over herself and set it on fire.
During the commotion the fire was also transferred to a couch nearby
Her husband immediately extinguished the fire, and she was taken to hospital.
Police confirmed the story with security camera footage.