A house fire in the alley of Le Duc Tho street, Go Vap left one person dead

Nearly 10 a.m. on March 18, Go Vap District Police (Ho Chi Minh City) are coordinating with Ho Chi Minh City Police professional departments to block off the scene and investigate a house fire that killed one person. departure.

According to initial information, around 2:46 a.m. on March 18, fire and smoke began to flare up from inside the house located in a small alley on Le Duc Tho Street in Ward 16, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City. .

At 10 a.m. on the same day, Go Vap District Police were present at the scene to conduct a blockade and examination to investigate the cause of a house fire in alley 809 Le Duc Tho Street in Ward 16, causing a man to pass away. .

Many people around the area, after discovering smoke and fire erupting from inside the house, immediately shouted and mobilized vehicles on the spot to find a way to approach and control the fire.

However, because the door is locked from the inside, access is difficult. Then, the fire broke out and engulfed the house.

Immediately after receiving the fire report, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police of Go Vap District Police mobilized officers, soldiers and firefighting vehicles to the scene, divided into many approaches, and destroyed the fire. fire control door. After controlling the fire, authorities discovered a man about 35 years old, dead near the stairs. The victim was then taken for a forensic examination to determine the cause. To date, the man's identity is still being determined by authorities.

People around said that the house that burned was designed with 1 ground floor and 1 floor, located in an alley about 2 meters, about 70 meters from Le Duc Tho street. At the time of the fire, there were only victims inside the house. Many people nearby said that this man rented a house with a girl believed to be his lover to open a hair and nail salon together.

Currently, the cause of the fire is still being investigated and clarified by the authorities.

Faced with a rather complicated situation of fires and explosions, the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Department (PC07 - Ho Chi Minh City Police) recommends that people when leaving their homes need to observe , turn off the gas valve, turn off the circuit breaker; Do not burn votive papers in the house; Do not arbitrarily connect electricity; Need to replace or repair degraded and damaged electrical equipment and electrical systems; Need to have a portable fire extinguisher in the house...

Use electricity sparingly, turn off electrical equipment when not in use to avoid overheating and short circuits. Authorities and project investors need to organize bush clearing; Treat spontaneous landfills and dry grass fields in residential areas to avoid fires.

In particular, continue to build a movement for all people to prevent and fight fires with effective and practical models, especially the model of Joint Family Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Group and public fire fighting points. Organize and mobilize 100% of residential households that combine production and trading of goods, flammable and explosive substances to participate in the "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Group".

Streets in residential areas, craft villages, densely populated alleys and alleys with a length of 50m or more where fire engines cannot reach according to the residential area, must establish a "safety inter-family group". fire prevention and fighting" and have at least 1 "Public fire fighting point".

When a fire or explosion occurs, call 114 and install the Help 114 application to report fires, explosions or incidents.

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