Big fire at 5-star hotel behind National Convention Center

At around 3pm on August 2, a major fire broke out at the Marriott Hotel construction site behind the National Convention Centre. Thick black smoke billowed out, causing panic among thousands of workers.

Black smoke billowed up, causing panic among thousands of workers.

According to some workers at this construction site, at that time, people suddenly discovered a fire breaking out in the area where soundproof foam was stored. The fire quickly spread, creating a giant column of black smoke.

Many people surrounded the area where the fire broke out, causing the fire truck to stop.
difficult to access the scene

At the time of the fire, thousands of workers were working here. The fire caused panic among the workers, who fled to a distant area. Along with that, many curious people gathered and surrounded the scene of the fire.

After about 30 minutes, the fire was basically under control.

At the scene, according to our observations, when the fire broke out, there were many workers on the 8th floor of the hotel. Surrounded by black smoke, many workers on the 6th, 7th, and 8th floors were trapped and had to run to the top floor to breathe and avoid the black smoke.

Many curious people gathered on the road leading to the hotel.

Minutes after the fire broke out, the fire department dispatched four fire trucks to the scene to put out the fire. Thousands of workers and passersby gathered around the fire, making it difficult to put out the fire. In addition, the fire was located in the center of the hotel, so the fire trucks had difficulty approaching, having to drag the hose about 200m to reach the scene of the fire.

By about 3:30 p.m., the fire was basically under control. Fortunately, the fire did not cause any human casualties.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

The Marriott Hotel, which meets international 5-star standards, is located behind the National Convention Center, on an area of ​​63,000 m2 of land and 16,000 m2 of water surface. The hotel has 9 floors, 1 ground floor and 8 upper floors. The project is expected to be completed in 2012 with an investment capital of about 130 million USD.

According to (Dantri.com.vn) - LT