Couple burned to death in bedroom fire

(Baonghean.vn)- In the middle of the night, a fire suddenly broke out fiercely in the bedroom, burning both husband and wife to death.

On the afternoon of December 2, Lieutenant Colonel Phan Trung Tuyen - Deputy Head of Thai Hoa Town Police said that PC45 Department (Nghe An Police) and Thai Hoa Town Police had established an autopsy council and investigated the cause of death of the couple Pham Van Trung (born in 1978) and Le Thi Le Huyen (born in 1984), residing in Lam Son block, Quang Tien ward (Thai Hoa town).

Before that, at around 5:30 am on December 1, some neighbors suddenly saw smoke coming out of Mr. Trung's bedroom window and smelled a burning smell so they rushed over. Thinking that the house was on fire due to an electrical short circuit, they quickly cut off the electricity and broke into the house and saw Mr. Trung with his whole body burned black trying to crawl from the bedroom to the main door.

Neighbors and relatives were shocked by what happened to Trung and Huyen.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nam (one of the people present at the scene) said: When we arrived, the fire was still burning inside the bedroom of Mr. Trung and his wife, smoke covered the whole house. When everyone got inside, they saw Ms. Le Thi Le Huyen (born in 1984, Mr. Trung's wife) had been burned black all over by the fire, lying face down on the floor.

Pham Le Anh (born in 2012, daughter of Mr. Trung and Ms. Huyen) was still sleeping in the next room and was lucky to escape. “We quickly took Mr. Trung to the hospital for emergency treatment, some others stayed to put out the fire and report to the local authorities,” said Mr. Nam.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Tuyen, at the scene, the police confiscated a 20-liter plastic can containing gasoline that had burned. Blankets, curtains, pillows, etc. in the bedroom of Mr. Trung and his wife were all burned. "The initial cause of Ms. Huyen's death was due to gasoline burns. As for the cause of the incident, we are still in the process of investigating," said Lieutenant Colonel Tuyen.

Mr. Trung and Ms. Huyen have been married for more than 5 years and have a daughter who is almost 3 years old. Mr. Trung is currently a bus driver, and Ms. Huyen is an insurance agent in Thai Hoa town.

By the morning of December 2, the body of Ms. Le Thi Le Huyen (Mr. Trung's wife) had been transferred to Thanh Hoa for cremation. Mr. Trung also died after nearly a day of emergency treatment at the National Institute of Burns.

Phan Ngoc