Detoxification work at Hanoi burnt-down light bulb firm begins

Authorities, including the army, have jointly started decontaminating Rang Dong Light Source & Vacuum Flask JSC in Hanoi following its recent blaze.

This morning, the authorities came to the firm to collect waste left by the fire before conducting the decontamination.

According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Bong from Hanoi Capital City Special High Command of the People's Army of Vietnam, the substances gathered from the site would be taken to a special treatment area to avoid environmental impacts.

Bong, however, said that he is not sure when the decontamination at the company and its surrounding areas would be totally completed.

Environmental workers took dust samples from the burnt-down warehouse company. 

  

Equipment used for the waste and material collection after the fire 

  

Workers from Urban Environment Company 10 also joined the work 

A hefty number of light bulbs burnt down 

The five-hour blaze on August 28 demolished a third of the inventory at the 6,000-square-metre warehouse belonging to the Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC in Thanh Xuan Trung Ward, bringing about the loss of around VND150 billion (USD6.4 million).