House fire kills four family members around midnight
Four people in a family, including two young children, have been killed in a fire that broke out at their house in southern Vietnam around midnight on the weekend.
According to preliminary information, the inferno occurred at about 1:00 am on February 26 at a house situated down an alley on 30-4 Street in downtown Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province.
Local residents notified competent agencies as soon as they spotted the raging fire from the house.
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| An ambulance arrives at the scene after a fire broke out at a house in the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Duong on February 26, 2017. |
Firefighting units were dispatched to the scene to control the fire, later discovering four bodies in different parts of the residence.
Accordingly, a young boy was found dead near the main door, while the bodies of a woman and a girl were retrieved from the bedroom.
The corpse of a man was also spotted on the stairs.
The victims were later identified as Ho Hong Diep, 39, and his wife Doan Thi Phi Yen, 33, along with their 9-year-old son, Ho Gia Bao, and three-year-old daughter, Ho Bao Chau.
Authorities were still probing the scene and carrying out a post-mortem at 5:00 am on the same day to determine the cause of the conflagration.
