Nghe An police inform about the fire that killed 6 people in Vinh city
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An Provincial Police have directed relevant professional departments to coordinate with Department C09 - Ministry of Public Security to conduct on-site examination and investigation activities according to legal regulations to clarify the cause of the fire.
Informing Nghe An Newspaper this morning, June 15, the leader of the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department - Nghe An Provincial Police, said: At 0:17 on June 15, Center 114, Nghe An Police received a report of the incident.on fireHouse at 146 Dinh Cong Trang Street, Le Mao Ward, Vinh City.
Immediately after receiving the information, the provincial police leaders directed the mobilization of 7 fire trucks, nearly 100 officers and soldiers from PC07, PC09, PK02 and Vinh City Police to quickly arrive at the scene to carry out fire fighting, rescue and ensure security and order. The Deputy Director of the provincial police in charge of the field was directly present at the scene.scenedirecting fire fighting and rescue work.
The burnt house was identified as a house combined with business, arranged with 1 basement and 3 upper floors. Of which, the first floor is used for renting out space as a tea room (closed due to the Covid-19 epidemic), 1 employee bedroom and 1 garage; the second floor is empty; the third floor has 1 room for rent.
When the fire brigade arrived at the scene, the fire had spread to the entire first floor and was spreading.on firespread to the upper floors, smoke and toxic gas covered the whole house.
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Colonel Pham The Tung - Director of Nghe An Police inspected the scene of the fire. Photo: CANA |
The provincial police force has directed the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force to quickly deploy fire fighting work, demolish the doors and construction components of the house for rescue; at the same time, directed the deployment of water spraying to cool and prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring houses.
By 00:40 the same day (after about 20 minutes at the scene), the fire was controlled and completely extinguished. During the inspection of the scene after extinguishing the fire, 6 bodies of deceased victims were discovered (including 4 people in a family, including husband, wife and 2 children discovered in the bedroom on the 1st floor; a mother and child who rented a room were discovered in a room on the 3rd floor).
Currently, Nghe An Provincial Police have directed relevant professional departments to coordinate with Department C09 - Ministry of Public Security to conduct on-site examination and investigation activities according to legal regulations to clarify the cause of the fire.