Fires engulf wedding studio, warehouse next to university dorm in Ho Chi Minh City
Monday, April 18, 2022, 15:00 GMT+7
A fire burned down a two-story wedding studio in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night while another conflagration broke out at a 1,000-square-meter warehouse next to the dormitory of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education in District 11 and spread to the dorm early Monday morning.
Both of the incidents caused no casualties.
The fire ignited the wedding studio on Ho Van Hue Street in Phu Nhuan District at around 7:00 pm on Sunday.
Staff members immediately alerted each other and escaped the two-story building before the blaze grew and quickly engulfed the facility.
As local efforts to put out the fire with fire extinguishers failed, firefighters arrived at the scene and doused it.
Properties inside the studio were completely destroyed while the wall of the adjacent house was also damaged by smoke and fire.
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| The scene of a fire at a wedding studio on Ho Van Hue Street in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Photo: Minh Hoa / Tuoi Tre |
Meanwhile, many students staying at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11 were forced to evacuate as another fire broke out at a warehouse next door at 1:00 am on Monday.
The fire spread to the dorm shortly after.
Smoke rises from a fire at a warehouse next to the dormitory of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Video: Van Anh /Handout via Tuoi Tre
It took 129 firefighters and 29 specialized vehicles more than two hours to completely extinguish the blaze.
The 1,000-square-meter warehouse was totally destroyed.
Functional forces are calculating the damage and investigating the cause of the incident.
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| Smoke rises from a fire at a warehouse on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Photo: Handout via Tuoi Tre |
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| Smoke rises from a fire at a warehouse on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Photo: Handout via Tuoi Tre |
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| A fire truck is pictured at a warehouse on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Photo: Handout via Tuoi Tre |
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| Firefighters try to douse a fire at a warehouse on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, April 17, 2022. Photo: Handout via Tuoi Tre |
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