Mr. Vo Trung Kiet, 62 years old, residing in Tran Bien ward, is the owner of 6 kiosks selling worship items and 10 warehouses, distraught after a sleepless night to save property but failed. Mr. Kiet said that all 10 warehouses on the upper floor were burned down, while below were 6 kiosks also burned down, including some kiosks burned down. Mr. Kiet said that property damage was about 80%, estimated at billions of VND.
Mr. Kiet said that he and his family have been trading at Bien Hoa market for 17 years, each month just the rent for warehouses and kiosks is 25 million VND, assets and capital accumulated for many years are all kept in warehouses and kiosks.
According to Mr. Kiet, when the fire was discovered, everyone tried to put out the fire to save property, but because the fire spread very quickly and the items were flammable, they were helpless to watch the fire burn down property.
Ms. Chung Hiep Ngan, 40 years old, residing in Tran Bien ward, is also a small trader who suffered heavy losses. Ms. Ngan suffered damage to 2 kiosks, which were recorded to be almost completely burned down. Ms. Ngan's mother's 7 warehouses on the upper floor were also burned down.
Ms. Ngan said that initially she saw the fire point in another kiosk, so she joined everyone in fighting the fire, but then the fire quickly spread to her kiosk, making her unable to react in time.
Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hoa, a small trader at Bien Hoa market, said that she was the first person to discover the fire when she was taking her car home from the store. When she discovered the fire, she shouted for everyone to participate in firefighting, but because it was rattan, bamboo, and reeds, the fire was too fast to move goods and property in time.
Images of the scene of the Bien Hoa market fire on the morning of August 6th:
At about 8:20 PM on August 5th, a fire occurred in the Bien Hoa market kiosk area, Tran Bien ward, Dong Nai city, with a reinforced concrete structure, consisting of 2 floors. Because the inside contained a large amount of flammable goods such as fabric, plastic, rubber, bamboo and rattan and many other flammable materials, the fire developed very quickly, posing a risk of fire spreading to adjacent works. By 10:10 PM on the same day, the fire was completely extinguished, the fire was basically controlled on an area of about 900 m2. Initial records show that the fire did not cause any casualties, property damage is being further统计 and assessed by functional agencies.
