Ho Chi Minh City urges residents to remove ‘tiger cages’ in door-to-door fire safety push
Ho Chi Minh City 10:40 16/07/2025Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are urging residents to remove ‘chuong cop’ (tiger cage), or iron-barred enclosures installed on balconies and windows to prevent burglary, in order to reduce the fatal risks posed during fires.
Deadly Ho Chi Minh City apartment fire caused by short circuit: police
Ho Chi Minh City 09:53 09/07/2025An electrical short circuit from a resident’s unauthorized wiring at a ground-floor apartment caused a deadly Sunday fire at Doc Lap apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City, police confirmed on Tuesday.
Ho Chi Minh City apartment building fire kills 8
Ho Chi Minh City 10:07 07/07/2025Nguyen Van Duoc, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration, early on Monday morning led a delegation to the scene of a deadly fire that killed eight people at Doc Lap apartment complex in Phu Tho Hoa Ward, formerly part of Tan Phu District.
Thousands in Spain confined indoors for hours by toxic fumes
World 13:28 11/05/2025Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors for nearly seven hours on Saturday, after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area.
Fire claims 4 lives in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:45 10/04/2025Police officers were cordoning off the scene of a tragic house fire which killed four people in My Tho City under Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam at 7:30 am on Thursday.
Fire ravages forest at entrance to Vietnam’s Da Lat
Vietnam News 14:42 08/04/2023The blaze was largely contained after about nine hours
Fire engulfs motorboats at yard near Ho Chi Minh City river
Vietnam News 12:34 27/02/2023It is estimated that at least 10 motorboats were burned down
Fire engulfs 5 houses in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:43 02/02/2023The incident occurred after a group of Quang Nam Province residents lit a fire to keep warm
Northern Vietnamese man burns house to cover murder of three
Vietnam News 14:49 10/12/2022The victims include his wife
3 killed after fire hits grocery store in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 16:47 28/10/2022Three people were killed while three others were saved as a fire broke out at a grocery store in Dong Thap
Firefighters rescue 11 from house fire in Hanoi
Vietnam News 13:25 24/10/2022The fire broke out at a six-story house in Cau Giay District on Sunday evening
