Over 80 firefighters and a dozen fire trucks were dispatched to Be Van Cam Street in Tan Kieng Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday night to put out a fierce fire at a warehouse covering 2,000 square meters.

They battled for three hours to stamp out the blaze.

The flames erupted at the warehouse of Duc Thanh Trading and Service Company at 37/5 Be Van Cam Street at 7:00 pm on the same day.

The inferno quickly swept through the facility, creating a huge plume of black smoke.

Some locals said that the fire broke out following an explosion. They and several employees at the warehouse tried in vain to extinguish the flames.

Firefighters were still working to extinguish the conflagration at 8:00 pm.

Meanwhile, at 8:40 pm the same day, traffic police officers were cordoning off a section of Be Van Cam Street for fire suppression efforts.

An officer from a firefighting and rescue team said that the fire was brought under control at 9:15 pm so it could not spread to neighboring buildings.

Preliminary investigation results showed that the warehouse contained many inflammable items, making it harder for firefighters to put out the blaze.

The flames were snuffed out at 10:00 pm.

The firm spanning a total area of 17,000 square meters saw 2,000 square meters of its warehouse scorched, while the fire charred many objects, candies, electric devices, bottles of water, and cardboard boxes inside the facility.

No casualties linked to the inferno were reported.

Police are investigating the cause of the flames.

Senior Lieutenant Colonel Do Van Khang from the city’s firefighting and rescue team said that firefighters struggled to put out the blaze while protecting a school behind the warehouse and some 15,000 square meters of the warehouse compound from the inferno.

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