Inferno guts electronics store, causes $364,000 loss in southern Vietnam
Sunday, October 06, 2024, 12:59 GMT+7
A blaze engulfed a Dien May Xanh electronics store in Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, southern Vietnam in the wee hours of Saturday, charring the entire facility and causing a loss of over VND9 billion (US$364,000).
The 1,500-square-meter store is located on Tran Hung Dao Street in My Phuoc Ward, local media reported.
At around 2:30 am on Saturday, a fire erupted from the inside of the store, which was locked then.
After discovering the inferno, some locals shouted out for help to extinguish the flames and reported the case to local authorities.
Many firefighters and dozens of firetrucks as well as special-use vehicles were dispatched to the scene of the inferno.
The store contained several inflammable items, leading to the fire to spread rapidly.
A huge plume of black smoke soared from the facility.
The flames were put out some two hours later.
No casualties were reported, but the loss of property in the massive fire reached over VND9 billion.
The blaze destroyed the facility and burned hundreds of TVs, fridges, washing machines, laptops and, smartphones inside the store.
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