Wood factory fire | The fire was so big, people couldn't wear sandals in time! Damages tens of billions of dong

As of late on January 14, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department (PC07) and Ho Chi Minh City Police are still coordinating with professional units to handle a large fire at a local wood factory. table Q.12.

Because the inside contains flammable wood, it is very difficult to put out the fire. The two sides of the wood factory are the car company and the garbage treatment station, so the police have to spray water to prevent the spread of fire. It is known that the above-mentioned wood workshop trades many types of expensive wood, with estimated losses of up to many billions of dong. According to initial statistics, the fire burned 320m2 of the factory. Firefighters successfully protected the remaining 680m2. Fortunately, there were no human casualties.

The fire occurred at about 6:30 pm on January 14 from a wooden plank factory near Binh Phuoc 1 bridge, then spread to the dormitory next to it, causing dozens of people to panic just in time to escape.

Just in time to escape

At the time of the fire, many people passing through this area witnessed the fire and shouted to each other to run away. Due to the large fire, the fire pillar was over 30 meters high, so the people around had to evacuate far away from the area for safety.

Mr. Bay (57 years old, who witnessed the incident) shockedly recounted the moment he heard the fire alarm. He said he was staying in the motel next to the fire, but only when he heard a fire did he panic and run away.

"I didn't have time to bring anything out, it burned too big to bring anything out. I saw the fire was too big and ran away without time to wear slippers," said Mr. Bay.

Not only Mr. Bay, more than a dozen workers living in 6 motels were also shocked to see a big fire about to swallow all the property in the house, but were helpless because the fire was too big.

The people who live near the fire place are mainly employees of TH Company (An Phu Dong Ward, District 12), most of them were still working at the time of the fire. However, when they heard the news of the fire, the workers living in the upper apartment block panicked and ran to collect their assets and evacuate away from the fire.

Mr. VTS (63 years old, worker of TH Company) recounted: "I just got back in time to grab a few things and then ran out because the fire was very close. When I ran out, I saw the burnt power cord falling down, accompanied by a loud explosion, so I didn't see the fire. Who dares to enter again?"

Dozens of workers had to "sleep" after the fire

Although the fire only caused damage at the wood factory, dozens of workers at the dormitory had to find temporary shelter because the work on the scene was still long. "We now have to find a place to sleep, the company also lets everyone sleep in the cafeteria because we can't sleep now," said one worker.

At more than 21 o'clock on the same day, when the fire was under control, the functional forces also took some clothes out of the motel room so that workers could wear clothes to keep warm in the cold weather in Ho Chi Minh City.

Before that, at about 6:30 pm on January 14, people discovered a big fire broke out from a wooden plank factory on National Highway 1A, the section near Binh Phuoc 1 bridge (An Phu Dong Ward, District 12). shouted at each other to flee and informed the authorities.

Receiving the news, PC07 dispatched many fire engines from nearby units and dozens of officers and soldiers to the scene to put out the fire. By about 21:00 of the same day, the fire was basically extinguished, but the smoke was still smoldering, so the force continued to spray water to treat the scene.

The fire did not cause any casualties, but most of the property in the factory was burned, part of the inn was scorched but did not cause much damage.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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