A tenant is accused of setting his home on hearth in Istanbul and inflicting an explosion that destroyed the home and tore aside the partitions of an adjoining home after an alleged argument with the home proprietor.
Mehmet Yılmaz, his landlord, claimed the suspect, recognized as O.E., had earlier threatened him to burn his home down after they engaged in an argument over a rise in lease.
The hearth on the primary flooring of a three-story constructing within the metropolis’s Avcılar district on the European aspect early Monday gutted the place. Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze, which devastated the primary flooring of the 2 adjoining buildings.
Yılmaz advised Ihlas News Agency (IHA) that O.E. was his tenant for the previous seven years and he was paying TL 700 for years. “I told him that I’d raise the rent to TL 1,500 but he opposed this and threatened me. So, I filed a complaint at the police station,” he stated. O.E. allegedly evacuated the home earlier than pouring gasoline on the flat and fleeing the scene.
Yılmaz, who lives on the higher flooring, stated he heard a noise early within the morning and noticed the smoke. “I went out and saw the explosion. I also saw him and his family. They got into a car and left when they saw me,” he added.
Police stated in an announcement that the fireplace and ensuing explosion was the outcome “of a dispute between tenant and landlord” however didn’t elaborate additional, including that an investigation was underway.
