Many fishing boats in Nghe An caught fire at night, causing tens of billions of dong in damage.

According to local residents, at around 7:30 p.m. on July 28, a fishing boat anchored at Lach Quen fishing port suddenly caught fire, which then spread to many other fishing boats nearby.

Upon discovering the incident, local residents quickly reported it to the local authorities and the Fire Police of Nghe An Province to come up with a timely firefighting plan. However, because there were many flammable objects on the ships and strong winds blew, the ships caught fire even more fiercely.

Although the Nghe An Fire Police, local authorities and people tried their best to put out the fire, they were still unable to save the boats. As of 9:30 p.m. the same day, according to records at the scene, 5 fishing boats were on fire, of which 4 were completely burned, and 1 boat was on fire but suffered minor damage.

According to the leaders of Quynh Thuan commune (Quynh Luu), among the 06 fishing boats that burned, there were 03 fishing boats belonging to fishermen of Son Hai commune, 02 boats belonging to fishermen of Quynh Long commune. The initial estimated damage of the fire of 06 fishing boats was up to tens of billions of dong.

Authorities are still approaching the fishing boats to put out the fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the authorities./.