HCM City’s fire victims die from suffocationVietNamNet Bridge – Victims of a deadly fire on Friday early morning at a HCM City’s apartment building died from suffocation, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Huong, deputy director of the city’s Department of Firefighting Police. Residents of the apartment have been shifted to block C of Carina Plaza and the opposite City Gate building for safety. The city’s leaders have asked authorised forces to ban residents from entering the scene to avoid possible collapse of concrete pieces. “It was too dangerous to allow suffocating residents to run out of the building or jump outside from the top floors,” said HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh HangAt some 1.30am, the apartment building of Carina Plaza residential area suddenly burst into flames.

Source: VietNamNet News March 23, 2018 10:30 UTC