On the morning of October 7, the leader of the People's Committee of Van Yen district (Yen Bai) said that at around 7:30 p.m. on October 6, a fire broke out at the home of Mr. L.V.S (34 years old, in Dai Son commune).
Accordingly, the 4-room wooden stilt house burned down, causing damage of about 1.5 billion VND. Fortunately, the fire did not cause any human casualties.
The initial cause was determined to be an electrical short circuit leading to the fire.
Also in Yen Bai, at around 2am on October 7, people discovered a large fire at Ich Thanh Tea Factory, Tinh Hung village, Hung Khanh commune, Tran Yen district.
According to local authorities, the fire covered an area of about 250 square meters. The fire burned about 25 tons of tea.
