On the afternoon of August 20, a representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team of Quoc Oai District Police (Hanoi) said that the units had mobilized 4 fire trucks and dozens of officers and soldiers to put out a fire at a scrap metal workshop in the area.

Specifically, at around 1:10 p.m. the same day, the unit received a fire report at Mr. NDT's scrap purchasing workshop located in Khu Cheo, Goc Gao (Phuong Cach commune).

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A fire burns brightly inside a scrap yard, creating a column of thick black smoke. Photo: CACC

At the scene, the fire burned fiercely, creating a column of thick black smoke dozens of meters high. Many people nearby tried to put out the fire but failed.

Upon receiving the news, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team of Quoc Oai District Police dispatched 2 fire trucks and 15 officers and soldiers to the scene. However, inside the factory there were many packages, plastics, scraps... so the fire spread quickly, forcing the 114 Command Information Center - Hanoi City Police to dispatch 2 more fire trucks from the Fire Prevention and Rescue Team of Region 4 (Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department of Hanoi City Police) to the scene.

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Factory area is about 240m2. Photo: CACC

By nearly 2:00 p.m. the same day, the fire was extinguished and did not spread.

"The fire did not cause any human casualties, property damage is being assessed," said a representative of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team of Quoc Oai District Police.

Fierce fire at a 5-storey house combined with a wax flower business in Bac Ninh According to initial assessment, the cause of the fire at the 5-storey house combined with a wax flower business in Bac Ninh was an electrical short circuit. At the time of the fire, a few people in the house managed to escape.