At least 56 dead as a fire engulfs a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam's capital Hanoi
CBSN
A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam's capital killed at least 56 people, including at least four children, and injured at least 37, authorities said Wednesday.
The fire started just before midnight Tuesday in a building housing about 150 residents. Firefighters contained the blaze, but the building's location at end of a narrow alley made rescue operations difficult. Dozens of people remained trapped in the building until after dawn, state media reports said.
Of the 56 people confirmed dead, the police have identified 39 victims, the state-owned Viet Nam News said Wednesday evening, citing Hanoi police. State-owned national television channel VTV said four children were among those killed. Initial reports about the death toll were unclear since the injured and dead were taken to different hospitals across the city.
