School girl sets apartment building on fire during eyelash makeup

By Park Sae-jin Posted : June 8, 2017, 10:28 Updated : June 8, 2017, 13:24

[Yangju Fire Station]


A 14-year-old female student has set an apartment house in flames while trying to put on an elementary eyelash makeup with a toothpick.

The girl living in an apartment building in Yangju north of Seoul was heating a toothpick with a lighter in order to roll up her eyelashes with it at around midnight Wednesday.

Firefighters said the girl failed to control the lighter and lit the toothpick. The blaze quickly spread to a pile of cosmetic cotton puffs. Surprised by the unexpected situation, the young lady made things worse by using perfume as a fire extinguisher.

The fire was put out 25 minutes later by firefighters but left a 62-year-old woman was hospitalized after inhaling smoke. Dozens of apartment residents were evacuated. Firefighters estimated the caused some 75 million won (66,560 US dollars) in property losses.

Park Sae-jin = swatchsjp@ajunews.com
기사 이미지 확대 보기
닫기