13 killed in Hanoi karaoke bar fire
TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/02/2016 09:46 GMT + 7
Thirteen deaths have been confirmed after a raging fire consumed four adjacent karaoke bars and restaurants in downtown Hanoi on Tuesday afternoon.
Here’s what we know so far.
Where and when it happened
The fire reportedly broke out at around 2:00 pm Tuesday afternoon in one of the karaoke bars on Tran Thai Tong Street in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, quickly spread to the adjacent multi-storey buildings from number 68 to 74, according to witnesses.
The street is a popular entertainment precinct in Vietnam’s capital, with many buildings running karaoke bars, restaurants and stores, as were the four buildings consumed by Tuesday’s fire.
A thick column of smoke could be seen coming from the buildings, as employees and customers ran for their lives from the raging fire.
As fire reached the eighth floor, people trapped on the second and third floors tried to escape by jumping through the buildings’ windows.
“Explosions and screams for help from dozens still trapped by the fire could be heard. Locals were urging those on the second and third floor to jump for their lives, and those who did made it out alive,” an employee at one of the destroyed buildings said.
The fire was not controlled until 6 pm the same day, while rescue efforts continued into the night.
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