Fire in Apartment Building in Hanoi, Vietnam, Kills 14 People and Injures 6

Fire in Apartment Building in Hanoi, Vietnam, Kills 14 People and Injures 6
Officials visit the site of a house fire in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 24, 2024. Bui Van Lanh/VNA via AP
The Associated Press
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HANOI, Vietnam—An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam’s capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday.

The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide, preventing firetrucks from reaching it, and firefighters eventually contained the fire by using hoses, state media said.