HCMC: A hair salon burned fiercely at midnight, five people climbed through a neighbor's house to escape

Discovering that the house was on fire, the five people inside ran to the rooftop to scream and together climbed over to the neighbor's house to escape. Authorities are investigating and clarifying the cause of the fire.

As of this afternoon (January 26), Ho Chi Minh City Police forces are still blocking the scene, investigating the cause of the fire in a 3-story house in the alley of Le Van Sy Street, Ward 12, District 3.

Initial information was that the fire occurred around 1:00 a.m. this morning in a house consisting of 1 ground floor and 2 floors located in alley 453 Le Van Sy, District 3. Upon discovering the fire, people in the area shouted and tried to break down the door. but failed.

According to Tien Phong, at the time of the fire, inside the house there were a couple, two children and an adult who promptly ran to the rooftop and climbed over to the neighbor's house, so they were lucky to escape. Immediately after that, the fire was fierce, black smoke was billowing and was likely to spread to adjacent houses.

Upon receiving the news, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police of District 3 Police dispatched about 30 soldiers and many vehicles to the scene. The authorities broke down the iron door of the house, pulled out a water hose to put out the fire and at the same time prevented the fire from spreading.

About half an hour later, the fire was completely extinguished. The fire did not cause any loss of life, but many properties inside were damaged and burned; The walls of two adjacent houses were covered in black smoke.

"The ground floor of the house is a barbershop, there were 3 motorbikes inside that burned down," a resident said. The cause is being investigated and clarified by the police.

Previously, a house fire also occurred in Hanoi city, leaving 3 people trapped inside. According to information from the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department (Hanoi City Police), the fire occurred around 5:15 p.m. on January 25 at house number 37, alley 11A Trung Yen (Trung Hoa ward, Cau Giay district).

Authorities said that the house where the fire occurred has an area of about 75 square meters, a tube house, with 6 floors. The fire started in the altar room area on the second floor of the house, with the main flammable items being household items such as beds, altar cabinets...

Therefore, when a fire broke out, a lot of smoke was emitted to the upper floors. After receiving the news, the fire police dispatched 2 fire engines and 13 officers and soldiers to the scene to organize firefighting and rescue.

When approaching the scene, soldiers received information that someone was trapped in the fire, so they brought multi-purpose demolition equipment along with personal protective equipment, breathing tanks, etc., to organize the search. rescue on floors.

As a result, 3 people trapped on the 5th floor were rescued and brought out, including 1 person who was injured in the leg and could not move on his own. After about 20 minutes of the fire breaking out, the fire was completely extinguished. Cause of the fire is being clarified.

Also on January 25, the leader of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department of Binh Duong Provincial Police said they would reward the joint family group and civil defense force who promptly rescued 4 people in a burning house in the town. Ben Cat commune.

The fire occurred at around 10:30 p.m. on January 24, at a 5-story house on D3 Street, Quarter 4, My Phuoc Ward, Ben Cat Town, Binh Duong Province. At that time, surrounding people discovered smoke coming from the 3rd floor of the house, then someone called for help.

Immediately, Joint Family Group No. 5 quickly used portable fire extinguishers to fight the fire; At the same time, use means such as hammers, force pliers, and ambulance stretchers to break down doors and save victims.

The civil defense force of My Phuoc ward also quickly arrived to coordinate rescue work and put out the fire. At the time of the fire, there were 7 people in the house, of which 3 escaped on their own. The joint family group and civil defense force rescued the remaining 4 victims.

A moment later, Ben Cat Town Police dispatched vehicles and soldiers to the scene to extinguish the fire. By 10:40 p.m. the same day, the fire was completely extinguished, saving more than 2 billion VND in property.

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