Three foreign experts were rescued from a fire at a hotel which is being used as a quarantine area for Covid-19 prevention in HCM City on Friday evening.
Fire policemen at the site.
According to a representative of Tan Binh District People's Committee, the fire occurred at a storeroom on the fifth floor of the De Nhat Hotel at 6.43pm.
"When the alarm bell rang, dozens of people who are all foreign experts staying in quarantine managed to escape," the representative said. "Rescue forces arrived in time to save three other Chinese and Spanish people who were stuck in the fire. The fire was soon brought under control and there was no human loss."
According to local authorities, the hotel is hosting 71 foreign experts who are staying for 14-days quarantine period after arriving in Vietnam to work.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
