Arson at karaoke bar in Vietnam’s Hanoi kills 11, police say – #INA

Hearth personnel examine a constructing burned down by a hearth in Hanoi, Vietnam on December 19, 2024 [Hau Dinh/AP]

A suspected arson assault at a restaurant and karaoke bar in Vietnam’s Hanoi has killed 11 folks and injured two others, police have stated.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Safety stated on Thursday that it had arrested a person who confessed to beginning the blaze on the bottom flooring of the constructing following a dispute with workers.

Rescue employees who rushed to the scene introduced seven folks out of the constructing alive, two of whom have been rushed to hospital, police stated.

Footage that circulated on social media confirmed a multistorey constructing engulfed in flames as firefighters labored on the scene whereas surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

“At the moment, we noticed many individuals screaming for assist however couldn’t strategy as a result of the hearth unfold in a short time, and even with a ladder, we couldn’t climb up,” the Lao Dong newspaper quoted a witness as saying.

The Tien Phong newspaper quoted a witness as saying there was a powerful odor of petrol on the scene.

“Everybody shouted for these inside to run exterior, however nobody known as for assist,” the witness stated.

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CCTV footage printed by the VnExpress information web site appeared to indicate a person carrying a bucket in the direction of the cafe seconds earlier than the blaze started shortly after 11pm (16:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

Fires are a standard hazard in Vietnam’s tightly packed city centres.

Between 2017 and 2022, 433 folks have been killed in some 17,000 home fires within the nation, most of them in city areas, based on the Ministry of Public Safety.

In September final 12 months, 56 folks, together with 4 youngsters, have been killed and dozens injured in a hearth at an house block in Hanoi.

This October, a courtroom in southern Binh Duong province jailed six folks, together with 4 cops, over security lapses associated to a hearth at a karaoke advanced that killed 32 folks in 2022.

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Arson at karaoke bar in Vietnam’s Hanoi kills 11, police say


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