Hanoi apartment fire kills 56

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From VN Express

Fifty-six people died and 37 were injured in a fire at an apartment block in Hanoi late Tuesday evening.

Of the 56 bodies, 36 have been identified. Most victims were dead on scene while others succumbed in hospitals.

Hanoi police on Wednesday afternoon arrested the building owner Nghiem Quang Minh, 44, to investigate whether he violated fire safety regulations.

The fire broke out at around 11 p.m. Tuesday at a 10-story house divided into rooms for rent for more than 40 families in an alley off Khuong Ha Street in Thanh Xuan District.

This is the fire with the largest number of casualties in recent years in Vietnam. In September 2022, a fire at a karaoke bar in Binh Duong left 32 people dead.

In November 2016, a karaoke bar in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District caught fire and spread to three neighboring houses, killing 13.

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