A 4-room wooden house in Nghe An was burned down in the hot sun.
(Baonghean.vn) - After nearly 1 hour of fire, although it was put out, the 4-room wooden house of Mr. Nguyen Huu Thai and his wife in Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district was burned down.
Clip: Scene of the devastated house after the fire. |
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The scene of the 4-room tiled wooden house of Mr. Nguyen Huu Thai's family (32 years old) in Hoa Hop hamlet was burned down at 8:00 a.m. on June 30. |
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Ms. Ngo Thi Linh (26 years old), Mr. Thai's wife, sadly said: This morning, both husband and wife and children were not at home. When they heard a call from relatives, they rushed back to find the house almost burned down. People were actively putting out the fire to prevent it from spreading to the surrounding houses. "After many years of saving, my husband and I were able to buy this 4-room house, built last year, and now it has burned to ashes" - Ms. Linh said |
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Mrs. Phan Thi Quy - Mr. Thai's neighbor said, when I came back from cutting grass in the field, I saw Mr. Thai's house covered in smoke and then on fire, so I immediately called on the neighbors to come and put it out. The neighborhood announced on the loudspeaker, many people came but they were only able to control the fire from spreading to the surrounding houses, but could not save Mr. Thai's house. |
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The 4-room wooden house that Mr. Thai and his wife saved up to build in 2018 burned down after more than an hour. The fire burned many properties such as tables, chairs, beds, refrigerators, electric fans, gas stoves, clothes, money, documents, etc. "The couple and their children only had the clothes they were wearing," Ms. Linh confided. |
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Outside the house, there was a dented metal barrel containing rice, the rice inside was burnt to a crisp. |
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In the kitchen, the refrigerator was burnt out, but luckily the gas tank next to it did not explode. |
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Ms. Tran Thi Thuy Long - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Vo Liet Commune said: As soon as the news of the fire broke out, the commune mobilized the militia and self-defense forces to put out the fire. After that, the police came to work with the family to investigate the cause of the fire. According to Ms. Linh, the cause of the fire could be an electrical short circuit, or a fire from the wood stove outside because before leaving the house, Ms. Linh had lit a stove. In the photo: The bare walls of the house after the fire. |
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The fire caused hundreds of millions of dong in damage, leaving Ms. Linh's family immediately homeless. For now, her family must go to her parents' house, nearly 500 meters away, to take shelter. It is known that Mr. Thai and his wife have 2 young children (the eldest is 5 years old and the youngest is 2 years old), Mr. Thai works as a carpenter. |