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Drunken father suspected of being faulty in fire killing two children in Finland

Xinhua, September 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

A fire that killed two children in Raahe, northwestern Finland early Tuesday is now attributed to the father's alleged drunkness, police said on Thursday.

Local police has launched a criminal investigation, as the father was ascertained to have been heavily intoxicated when the fire broke out. The father and one child managed to get out of the building, while a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old perished.

The police told local media the father was suspected of causing "general danger" besides the two deaths. The expression means in Finnish legal jargon negligence with a stove or electrical appliance or smoking in bed.

The consumption of alcohol has been a main cause of casualties in house fires in Finland.

Statistics of the Interior Ministry rescue services covering years up to the beginning of this decade indicate that 60 percent of the victims of fires in buildings were intoxicated when the fire started, while the figure in the rest of fires is 40 percent. Endit