Nghe An has 9 boarding houses suspended due to failure to ensure fire safety

According to Directive No. 19/2024 of the Prime Minister, from March 30, 2025, rental facilities such as boarding houses and mini apartments that do not comply with fire prevention and fighting safety requirements will be forced to stop operating.

In Nghe An, as of early April 2025, through the inspection process, the authorities have requested 12 establishments to temporarily suspend operations to correct violations related to fire prevention and fighting.

After one month, up to now, 3 out of 12 establishments have completed the repair and are allowed to resume operations, including: Vinh Trung Guesthouse and Hanh Long Guesthouse (Trung Do Ward, Vinh City), Nguyen Thi Huyen Guesthouse (Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City).

There are still 9 boarding houses that must continue to stop operating due to not meeting fire safety requirements. The main problems at these establishments include: No solution to prevent fire from spreading in the parking area and business area; no second escape staircase. In addition, there are violations related to traffic for fire fighting, water supply for fire fighting outside the house, fire safety distance...

According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dinh Hanh - Deputy Head of the Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Department (PCCC & CNCH), Nghe An Provincial Police: Based on the spirit of Directive No. 19 of the Prime Minister, after March 30, 2025, rental facilities such as motels and mini apartments that have not completed fire safety measures according to regulations will be forced to temporarily suspend operations.

Implementing this direction, Nghe An Provincial Police have proactively promoted propaganda activities, and established specialized working groups to inspect and evaluate the level of compliance with fire safety and rescue regulations at motels and accommodation service establishments across the province. Thereby, the functional forces have promptly corrected and urged the correction of violations, ensuring the progress of implementation as required.

For 9 boarding houses currently in the process of overcoming fire prevention and fighting problems, the authorities have directly instructed the owners to implement solutions according to Official Dispatch No. 7293/UBND-CN dated August 26, 2024 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province. This dispatch clearly states urgent measures to enhance fire prevention and fighting safety conditions for multi-storey houses, multi-apartment houses, individual houses combined with production and business, including rental houses.

However, in addition to the drastic involvement of functional forces and authorities in tightening management, especially the work of granting construction and operation permits for types of boarding houses and mini apartments, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dinh Hanh also emphasized: Each citizen needs to proactively equip themselves with knowledge and basic escape skills such as using fire extinguishers, gas masks, rope ladders, iron ladders to escape from balconies... to protect themselves in emergency situations.