Fire at luxury apartment building in HCMC, residents panic and flee

The fire broke out at around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon (August 20), at an apartment on the 26th floor of a luxury apartment building located on Ba Thang Hai Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City.

Luxury apartment building - where the fire broke out in an apartment on the 26th floor. Photo: HT

According to initial information, at the time of the fire, the apartment building alarm went off. Hundreds of residents heard the fire alarm and panicked and ran down the stairs to the ground.

Security guards and technical staff coordinated with residents to quickly approach and control the fire inside the apartment before professional firefighters arrived.

A household appliance inside the apartment was burned black. Photo: AX

The fire did not cause any human casualties but caused panic among residents who fled to the ground. Photo: AX

Fortunately, the fire did not cause any human injuries, but some items inside the apartment were damaged.

According to residents, at the time of the fire, people were living inside the apartment and escaped in time.

Initially, the cause of the fire was determined to be an electrical short circuit in a household appliance.

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