Hanoi workshop fire kills at least seven
- The blaze engulfed small plants making recycling bins and silica gel sachets in Nam Tu Liem district
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The overnight fire engulfed small plants making recycling bins and silica gel sachets as well as storage centres for frozen goods and wooden products, according to the official Vietnam News Agency.
VNA earlier put the toll at five, later revising it up.
“Authorities took out two more bodies of five victims of the fire at the workshops … bringing the number of dead to seven,” it reported after the fire in Hanoi’s residential Nam Tu Liem district.
One remained unaccounted for by late Friday afternoon.
The fire started in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished by dawn. Police said they were investigating the cause.
Images from the scene showed firefighters removing bodies from the charred site, with sheet metal roofing collapsed among the burnt debris.
Witnesses said the blaze quickly swallowed the workshops and warehouses, informal commercial buildings commonly seen across Hanoi.
“In just 20 minutes, the fire from the plastic workshop went up really high … no one was able to approach it because the fire was too strong,” witness Vu Van Can told state-run news site VnExpress.
