Tag: Fire

Fire kills 3 children in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

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Hanoi, June 24, 2024 (Xinhua/NAN) Three children died in a blaze in the Vietnam’s Central Highlands city of Da Lat on Monday morning, local media reported.

The flame engulfed a wooden house at around 10 a.m. while the three children were staying indoors.

Their mother, who was going out had locked the door when the incident occurred, VnExpress reported.

Vietnam has reported 1,989 fires and explosions in the first five months this year, killing 36 people and injuring 37 others.

The fires and explosions also left property losses of 116.3 billion Vietnamese dong (4.5 million dollars), according to the country’s General Statistics Office. (Xinhua/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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8 dead in hospital fire in Iran
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Tehran, June 18, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Eight people have died due to fire outbreak in a hospital in Iran.

The fire broke out in a hospital in the city of Rasht near the Caspian Sea in the north of the country, the state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.

According to initial findings, the dead were patients in an intensive care unit.

Dozens of firefighters were deployed, as the head of the emergency services in the city said in an interview with state television.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

Around 140 patients were rescued, the report said.

There were concerns that there could be more victims.(dpa/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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