Car repair shop explosion: A series of houses were shaken and broken glass, suspected of exploding gas cylinders while eating hot pot?

Regarding the big fire that happened near the Goldmark City urban area (Hanoi), according to the police, the patients said that while the gas stove was burning hot pot, an explosion caused a big fire. Many houses near the scene were also damaged.

Regarding a large explosion at a motorcycle repair shop that injured 3 people, on the morning of December 28, a representative of the Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) had an initial report identifying the cause of the fire. explode. Accordingly, the explosion injured 3 people. The victims in the incident were taken to the emergency room at the National Burn Hospital.

The area of the fire was about 54m2 of the factory and a number of damaged motorcycles, a number of vehicle repair equipment and supplies were also damaged. Currently, the health of the three injured people is stable and not life-threatening.

According to the police, the patients said that while using the gas stove to eat hot pot, because the gas tank had not been used for a long time, the gas exploded, causing a fire. However, at the scene of the fire, functional forces discovered a number of paper bodies suspected of being used to roll firecrackers.

Previously, on the evening of November 27, people living in the area of Bac Tu Liem District, Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi heard a loud bang. After that, people discovered that a motorbike repair center on Hoang Cong Chat street had caught fire. Immediately, the functional forces dispatched 4 fire engines to extinguish the fire and rescue the trapped people.

Firefighters had to break through the corrugated iron roof to get inside. In a short time, the fire was brought under control, fortunately the fire did not spread to the surrounding residential areas. However, the explosion sent many pieces of debris away, many people living in the Goldmark City urban area felt the tremors from the explosion.

In addition, the explosive force sent debris flying into many apartments in this urban area. Recorded at the scene, the explosion accompanied by the fire damaged the entire motorcycle repair center, burned items, and scattered many pieces of debris throughout the scene.

A residential house on the 8th floor, S2 Goldmark City apartment building, cracked all the glass at the door due to the impact of the explosion. Many people said that even though they stood far away from the scene, they still heard a loud explosion like a bomb. The clip recorded by people shows that the fire quickly engulfed the motorbike repair shop. In addition, many other explosions were heard at the scene, people suspected that the cause of the high frequency noise came from gas cylinders or fireworks.

According to residents, on the evening of the same day, they heard a loud explosion at a motorbike repair shop on Hoang Cong Chat Street. When they got there, the fire was burning fiercely inside. At the scene, the fire destroyed much of the property inside. An apartment of people living near the scene of the fire had broken glass.

On the evening of the same day, talking to VietNamNet, Colonel Pham Trung Hieu, Head of the Fire and Rescue Police Department (Hanoi City Police), said that initially, the functional forces suspected the explosion in the fire was caused by illegal fireworks.

"Specific results have to wait for the functional force to examine the scene. However, due to the dark night, the force could not conduct an autopsy. In addition, all three victims in the house are being treated, The police force will continue to exploit information," Colonel Pham Trung Hieu shared earlier.

By 9pm, the functional forces had mobilized the canvas house, and at the same time surrounded the fence to protect the scene. According to residents living in the S2 building, Goldmark City Apartment, the pressure from the explosion caused the corridor door of the 2nd floor apartment, pushed out of the frame and broken. "The explosion was deafening, unbelievable. Everyone in my apartment was panicking," the man shared.

Ms. P. (resident of building S3, Goldmark urban area - next to the area where the fire occurred) recounted: "I was waiting for delivery in the lobby when I heard a lot of loud bangs, then saw a big fire and explosion continuously. Approx. Fifteen minutes after the fire, fire trucks and ambulances arrived on the scene."

Currently, the city authorities. Hanoi conducts information collection, damage statistics and investigates the cause of the fire.