Big fire in Hanoi at dawn, killing 7 people

02/04/2022 12:25 GMT+7

According to the leader of the Hanoi City Police Department of Fire Prevention and Control, at about 4:6 am on April 2, the Hanoi Police Command Information Center received a report of a house fire at the address of lane No. 43 Bat Dan, Cua Dong Ward, Hoan Kiem District.

Fire area.

By grasping the situation of people trapped in the fire, the Hanoi City Police Command Information Center has dispatched 2 fire engines, command vehicles and more than 12 officers and soldiers of the Hoan Kiem District Police to the present. rescue schools and fire fighting organizations.

Firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the fire.

At about 4:10 a.m., the firefighting and rescue forces approached the fire, deployed evacuation instructions, and saved 6 people from the fire safely. Initially, people used fire extinguishers to put out the fire. By 4:15 a.m. the same day, the fire had been completely extinguished.

Firefighters brought the victims out.

The fire area at the warehouse for unused daily necessities is on the 1st floor of a 2-storey house (2nd floor is uninhabited) with a floor area of ​​about 5m2.

Regarding preliminary damage, one victim died, the victim was a female student born in 1982, who had just moved in with her family for 2 days, and reported that the victim’s relatives showed signs of mental instability. About the property is continuing statistics.

And Mr. Truong Viet Dung – Chief of Office of the Hanoi People’s Committee said that leaders of the City People’s Committee had directed the investigation and handling of the consequences of the fire at alley 43 Bat Dan Street (Cua Dong Ward, Hoan Kiem District). ) resulted in the death of one victim.

According to the Chief of the Office of the City People’s Committee, the Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee assigned the City Police to direct the units to investigate and strictly handle the case in accordance with the law, assign the Department of Labor – Invalids, Social Affairs and Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee coordinated with functional agencies to visit, encourage and support the treatment of the victims.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by authorities.

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