Accordingly, at 7:30 p.m. on December 12, a fire broke out at a wooden furniture manufacturing and trading workshop in Ban Giua village (Huu Bang commune).

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Fire Police and Rescue Force extinguish the fire at the scene. Photo: CACC

Immediately after receiving the information, determining that the fire was likely to spread to neighboring factories, the City Police Command Information Center urgently mobilized 1 fire fighting command vehicle, 10 fire trucks and nearly 60 officers and soldiers from: Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team of Thach That District Police; Quoc Oai District Police; Fire Fighting and Rescue Team of Areas 2 and 6 (Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department) to the scene to coordinate with local authorities to organize fire fighting and rescue.

At the same time, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department also mobilized 2 command vehicles, trucks carrying vehicles and officers and soldiers to the scene.

The area where the fire occurred was factories and households producing and trading wooden furniture with an area of ​​about 80 - 120m2, with the main combustible materials being wood, solvents, raw materials... which are easily flammable, creating a lot of toxic smoke and gas, and the fire spreads quickly...

Realizing that the fire was developing rapidly and spreading to many neighboring households, the Fire Commander urgently directed officers and soldiers to deploy attack teams to localize and control the fire; directed teams to exploit water sources around the facility, mobilized excavators to demolish collapsed structures, and opened a path for the Fire Prevention and Fighting Force to enter the building to organize firefighting and search and rescue.

After a period of efforts to deploy fire fighting and rescue, at about 22:30 the same day, the fire was completely extinguished.

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Damage caused by the fire is being assessed. Photo: Dinh Hieu

The Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force promptly guided people in production households to evacuate safely, saving hundreds of cubic meters of wooden furniture and industrial wood panels, and preventing the fire from spreading to 22 neighboring households.

According to initial statistics, the fire affected 10 households, with a total burned area of ​​about 480 square meters.

The fire did not cause any human casualties. The cause of the fire is being investigated by authorities.

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