The man started a fire in the apartment, and then hanged himself on a neighbor's balcony and refused the help of the rescue forces.
A fire happened the night before in a house on Dobrobolsky Street in Vladivostok. According to eyewitnesses, the man first started a fire in his house, then moved to a nearby balcony and hung himself from the fence.
The firefighters who arrived tried to give him a rescue ladder, but the man stubbornly pushed him away. As a result, the rescue forces were able to drag him through the window back to the apartment.