Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 32 people
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Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 32 people
Blaze engulfed bar near Ho Chi Minh City, trapping people inside and forcing some to jump from the second-floor building
September 8th, 2022.
The death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, state media have said.
The blaze engulfed the second floor of the building on Tuesday night, trapping customers and staff as dense smoke filled the staircase and blocked the emergency exit, reports said.
Many crowded on to a balcony to escape the flames, which spread quickly in the wooden interior, while others were forced to jump from the building, state media reported on Wednesday.
Vietnam’s prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, on Wednesday ordered a further inspection of high-risk venues, especially karaoke bars.
Photos showed plumes of smoke billowing out of the bar – located in a crowded residential neighbourhood in Thuan An city, north of commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City – as firefighters on cranes tried to extinguish the blaze.
Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the Public Security Ministry, said the death toll had risen to 32, with 17 men and 15 women killed.
Mai Hung Dung, a top official with the ruling Communist party in Binh Duong province where the bar is located, earlier put the death toll at 23, with 11 injured. He told AFP officials were still searching for more victims.
State media reported that eight people were found dead in the toilet.
The initial cause of the fire was said to be an electrical short circuit, according to a report by Binh Duong authorities cited by state media.
Witness Nguyen Sang, who lives near the karaoke bar, told the VnExpress news site that when fire trucks arrived at the scene a receptionist said there were 40 people stuck inside.
“Many people ran outside through the main entrance, but many others could not stand the heat and they jumped down, breaking their hands and legs,” Sang said.
Rescue workers searched through the night for anyone trapped in the 30-room bar, according to state media.
The bar’s fire prevention regulations had been checked prior to the blaze, police told state media.
In what was previously Vietnam’s deadliest fire, 13 people died in a 2018 blaze in an apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City.
In 2016, a fire at a karaoke facility in the capital Hanoi left 13 people dead, prompting a country-wide assessment of fire prevention measures at bars and clubs.
Last month, three firefighters died after trying to extinguish a fire at another karaoke bar in Hanoi.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -32-people
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By far not the deadliest fire in Vietnam. At least 60 people died in the ITC fire in HCMC in 2002.FishHead Phil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:27 am[img]https://i.imgur.com/0hIBKBul.png[/img
In what was previously Vietnam’s deadliest fire, 13 people died in a 2018 blaze in an apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
That is why I hate the big Karaoke joints, they are death traps. As for fire safety inspection: the guys come in, get an envelope and leave.
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Way past time to beef up building inspections DURING construction, not afterwards.FishHead Phil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:27 amThe initial cause of the fire was said to be an electrical short circuit
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