150916 Vietnam Fire occurs in Linh Dam residential quarter
Vietnam Sep 16 2015 “Apartment houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire occurs in Linh Dam residential quarter
Updated: 2015-09-16-16:45
Rescue men use ladder automobile to rescue residents being block in the fire in the Linh Dam residential quarter.
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Firemen in Ha Noi rescued 25 people from a fire broke out in a 35-storey Linh Dam residential quarter in Ha Noi’s Hoang Mai District at around 10am today.
The rescuees included a cardiovascular patient living on the 22nd floor, and two children, while leading 43 other residents out of the smoke-filled building.
Four fire engines and more than 80 firemen were sent to the scene.
The fire was extinguished at 12.30pm, said officials.
Lieutenant-colonel Tran Doan Nguyen, head of the Thanh Xuan District Fire Prevention and Control Police Team, said the fire began in a technical box on the 17th floor, followed by smoke spreading to the upper floors. — VNS
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