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House fire claims 4 lives in Hanoi

House fire claims 4 lives in Hanoi

Monday, June 17, 2024, 11:08 GMT+7
House fire claims 4 lives in Hanoi
The scene of a fatal house fire that claimed four lives in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Danh Khanh / Tuoi Tre

A raging fire engulfed a five-story house in Hanoi during a heavy downpour on Sunday evening, killing four people, including a woman and three children.

The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the house on Dinh Cong Ha Street at around 6:00 pm.

Several minutes later, the fierce blaze swept through the whole house, which serves as a retail business offering paint products, electrical, and water supply items.

Many senior officials of the city swiftly arrived at the scene to direct a firefighting and rescue operation, which was joined by nearly 100 firefighters and 12 fire trucks. 

Rescuers recovered four bodies, identified as N.M.H., aged 53; N.D.D.S., aged 11; N.T.A., aged seven; and two-year-old N.D.K.

The firefighting and rescue operation finished at 10:30 pm the same day.

Authorities then cordoned off the scene of the fatal fire and part of the Dinh Cong Ha Street to investigate the root cause of the blaze.

An eyewitness named N.T.H. said that many people on the fourth floor managed to rush outside, while several others ran to the top floor, shouting for help.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters found that the fire-hit house sits in a spacious and airy location. 

However, its ground floor was full of electricity and water supply items, paint containers put on iron racks, thereby making two paths leading to the upper floors quite narrow.

The fire swept through the fourth, fifth, and top floors of a five-story house in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Hoai Nguyen
The fire swept through the fourth, fifth, and top floors of a five-story house in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Hoai Nguyen
Firefighters use a ladder to approach the burning floor of a five-story house in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Firefighters use a ladder to approach the burning floor of a five-story house in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
A cloud of smoke rises from a burning five-story house during a downpour in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Hoai Nguyen
A cloud of smoke rises from a burning five-story house during a downpour in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi on June 16, 2024. Photo: Hoai Nguyen
Firefighters are putting out the fire. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Firefighters are putting out the fire. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
The ground floor of the house serves as a retail venue offering electricity and water supply items, paint containers put on iron racks. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
The ground floor of the house serves as a retail venue offering electricity and water supply items, paint containers put on iron racks. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
An ambulance leaves the scene of the house fire at 9:20 pm on June 16, 2024. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
An ambulance leaves the scene of the house fire at 9:20 pm on June 16, 2024. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Soldiers cordon off a road section near the scene of the house fire. Photo: Danh Trong / Tuoi Tre
Soldiers cordon off a road section near the scene of the house fire. Photo: Danh Trong / Tuoi Tre
Some firefighters are exhausted after attempting to put out the blaze. Photo: Tan Nguyen
Some firefighters are exhausted after attempting to put out the blaze. Photo: Tan Nguyen
Some people being trapped in the fire-hit house are evacuated. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Some people being trapped in the fire-hit house are evacuated. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Firefighters are putting out the blaze. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre
Firefighters are putting out the blaze. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre

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