HANOI, May 24, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A fire ripped through an apartment complex incentral Hanoi early Friday, killing 14 people and injuring three others,police said. Neighbours reported hearing explosions "like firecrackers" and screams frompeople inside and those living close by. "The fire grew strongly, destroying many motorbikes, electric bicycles, andbicycles in the yard area," Hanoi police said in a statement. - Explosions, screams -Another neighbour, Ngo Thi Thuy, said she saw bright flames rising up throughthe cracks of the building's corrugated metal roof. In Vietnam's deadliest fire in two decades, 56 people died -- three of themchildren -- in a Hanoi apartment block blaze last September.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha May 24, 2024 04:58 UTC