HCMC – A fire erupted at a three-storey house on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in Hanoi City’s Dong Da District at dawn today, April 21, leaving five people dead and two others injured.
The fire broke out on the first floor of the house owned by Doan Thi Manh, 74, and the blaze spread quickly to the other floors, the local media reported.
Local residents were alerted about the fire after they heard a blast in the vicinity. Residents tried to find ways to access the house to rescue people inside but their efforts were in vain due to the raging flames.
Firefighters and fire trucks, dispatched to the site, extinguished the blaze after several minutes of efforts.
Manh’s son and grandson managed to escape from the burning house by climbing into the next house and were rescued by firefighters.
Bui Gia Hung, aged one, died after being hospitalized, while four others, including Doan Thi Manh, Do Mai Huong, Bui Ngoc Khanh and Bui Nam Phong, were killed at the scene of the fire.
The police have cordoned off the house to investigate the cause of the fire.
