Join hands to help single-parent families overcome fire consequences

Huy Thu• June 8, 2021 20:05

(Baonghean.vn) - After the fire was extinguished, local people actively helped the family affected by the fire in Thanh Duong commune (Thanh Chuong) to overcome the consequences.

At 8:30 a.m. on June 8, in Duong Tay hamlet, Thanh Duong commune, a fire broke out at the house of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hao (77 years old). According to Mr. Hao, while he was lying on a hammock in front of his house, he heard his grandchildren running to tell him that the house was on fire. When he ran downstairs, he saw that the basement of the big house was on fire. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Hao's house is near Highway 46, but the road from the alley leading to the burnt basement is quite narrow, so he had to move between two houses. After his cry for help, local residents, authorities, and then the CC&CNCH Team No. 7 with 02 fire trucks and 12 officers and soldiers were present at the scene to put out the fire. Photo: Huy Thu

Because the fire broke out in the basement of the house, it was difficult to put out the fire. In addition to some small windows, the firefighters had to break holes in the wall to pour water into the house. Photo: Huy Thu

Although the fire was completely extinguished this afternoon, most of the materials in the basement of the house were burned down. Some remaining things were burnt to a crisp. As soon as the fire was extinguished, from noon to afternoon on June 8, many brothers, relatives and local people joined hands to help Mr. Hao's family overcome the consequences. Photo: Huy Thu

This afternoon, in the burnt basement, there was a lot of water that could not drain out due to congestion, people tried to move what was left after the fire out. The water-soaked, half-burned rice was taken out to dry. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local residents, when the house caught fire, Mr. Hao’s family had only an elderly couple and children at home. The fire was discovered late, and it was burning in a basement filled with flammable materials, so once the fire broke out it was very difficult to put out. Photo: Huy Thu

By this evening, the aftermath of the fire at Mr. Hao's house had been temporarily resolved. The mutual assistance activities of local people not only helped Mr. Hao's family promptly overcome the consequences of the fire but also demonstrated the spirit of solidarity in the village, helping each other in times of natural disasters and fires. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hao said: In the burnt basement, there were 5 sao of straw for cattle feed, about 1.5 tons of rice, 4 sao of corn kernels... that were burned. The remaining things were insignificant. The cause of the fire could be an electrical short circuit, because in the basement there were many old electrical wires, connected together. Photo: Huy Thu