Tragic Hanoi Fire Claims 14 Lives, Injures 3 in Residential Area

Early Friday, a fire in a densely populated residential area in Hanoi resulted in 14 deaths and three injuries. The Ministry of Public Security reported that firefighters rescued seven people from the five-story building. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

At least 14 people were killed and three injured in a fire that broke out at a densely populated residential area in Hanoi early on Friday, police said. Firefighters managed to rescue seven people from the fire at a five-story building in a small alley in Vietnam's capital city, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.

The ministry said it is investigating the cause of the fire, whose victims are yet to be identified. In September last year, a fire at an apartment block in Hanoi killed at least 56 people, among them children, and injured 37.