At least 14 people died and 6 others were injured in a fire that broke out in a residential building in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam for an unknown reason. The building, which is located in a very narrow street that gave firefighters a hard time, was extinguished in an hour. Authorities said that there were 24 people in the building during the incident.
A total of 1,555 fires since the beginning of the year killed 28 people and injured 26 and caused material damage of approximately 3.5 million dollars in the country.