At least 13 people were killed and 28 injured, with police saying it was unclear if anyone was missing. State media quoted the city's police and fire department as saying police rescued more than 100 residents while more than 1,000 escaped the fire themselves. "I did not hear any alarm or fire signals," Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted resident Nguyen Ngoc Mai as saying. The official Vietnam News Agency said more than 200 firefighters worked more than an hour to put the fire under control. In 2002, a fire at a trade center in downtown Ho Chi Minh City killed 60 people in one of Vietnam's worst fires.

Source: ABC News March 23, 2018 02:04 UTC