A chemical warehouse was engulfed by flame at 6.30 pm on March 14 at the Winter Wool Weaving Company on 47 Nguyen Tuan Road, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi.
Dung Dong, a private company rented the warehouse. The entrance leading to the site is large enough for only one fire truck.
According to some workers of the Winter Wool Weaving Company, there was nobody in the warehouse and it was locked during the fire.
When the fire was reported to authorities, five fire trucks from the Ba Dinh and Ha Dong fire departments were quickly dispatched and extinguished the fire.
The dyeing factory covers about 100 square metres. There were many plastic chemical and metal buckets burnt consumed by the blaze.
The case is currently under investigation. This is the third fire in Thanh Xuan District within only one week.
Burnt chemical warehouse
Dye and chemical mixed with water filled the site
