A house on stilts was burned down by fire.
(Baonghean.vn) - At around 8:00 a.m. on April 2, at Ba Cong village, Chau Hoan commune (Quy Chau), a fire broke out, burning down the house of Mr. Vang Van Yem's family.
According to people who witnessed the fire: At about 8am this morning, when they saw the fierce fire burning from Mr. Yem's stilt house, people around immediately shouted to each other to put out the fire. However, because the fire burned so quickly and was accompanied by the wooden stilt house, it was impossible to control.
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Mr. Yem's family house was completely burned down. Photo: Hai Dang |
Fortunately, Mr. Yem’s family was out at the time so there were no casualties. However, the entire house and its contents were completely burned down.
It is known that Mr. Yem's family is the poorest household in the commune. Both husband and wife have difficulty communicating and currently have a son in elementary school.
After the fire broke out, the commune's departments and organizations came to visit, encourage and call on people to join hands to help Mr. Yem's family.