Many bones found at the scene of the candy factory fire

Three victims trapped in a fire in Thanh Hoa have died. Firefighters found two skeletons in the rubble.

At 9:30 a.m. on December 25, Colonel Nguyen Quang Huy, Deputy Director of Thanh Hoa Fire Police, said that rescue forces had just found two more skeletons at the scene of the fire at Trang An 3 Confectionery Company.

"One set is most likely male because of the silver necklace around their necks, while the other set may just be animal bones but needs to be examined," said Colonel Huy, adding that because the victims had been lying in the smoldering fire for many hours, their bodies were deformed, with only bones remaining.

Firefighters search for victims in the rubble. Photo: Minh Duc

Two bodies have been found, and one woman is still missing. Throughout last night and this morning, Thanh Hoa firefighting forces and an army artillery brigade used excavators and modern equipment to clean up the scene, trying to find the victims. Outside, many relatives were on standby, waiting for news.

“The fire was still smoldering inside the factory so water continued to be pumped in. Getting deeper into the factory was difficult,” said Colonel Huy.

Previously, at around 5:30 a.m. on December 24, a fire suddenly broke out in the confectionery factory of Trang An 3 Confectionery Joint Stock Company, located in Bac Son Industrial Park, Bim Son Town (Thanh Hoa). The fire quickly engulfed and burned down more than 4,000 m²factory

The initial cause of the fire was determined to be a gas explosion from the candy baking system.

Fire scene. Photo: Minh Duc

According to workers, when the fire broke out, three workers, one male and two female, went back to get something they had forgotten and got trapped and died.

The victims trapped in the fire were identified as Nguyen Van Thanh (34 years old), the team leader of the machine operation team, from Hoang Quy commune, Hoang Hoa district; Tuyet (18 years old, from Bac Son ward, Bim Son town) and Duong Thi Tam (24 years old, from Phu Son ward, Bim Son town).

The fire also seriously injured Ha Van Luong and Nguyen Van Cao, who were transferred to a hospital in Hanoi for treatment.

According to VNE