03 July

A total of 1,509 fires and explosions happened in Vietnam in the first half of this year, killing 48 people and injuring 111 others.

The fires and explosions also caused property losses of some 336.6 billion Vietnamese dong (14.6 million U.S. dollars), the country's Fire Prevention and Fight Department said on Friday.

Vietnam recorded 1,911 fires and explosions in the first half of last year, which left 63 people dead and 98 others injured and caused losses of over 677 billion Vietnamese dong (29.4 million U.S. dollars).

In 2019, the country reported 3,755 fires and explosions which claimed 112 human lives, injured 177 people, and left property losses of some 1,400 billion Vietnamese dong (60.9 million U.S. dollars), said the department.

xinhua