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Native name | Vụ hỏa hoạn chung cư mini ngõ Khương Hạ năm 2023 |
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Date | 12 September 2023 |
Time | c. 23:00 ICT (UTC+07:00) |
Location | Alley 29 Khương Hạ, Khương Đình, Thanh Xuân district, Hanoi, Vietnam |
Coordinates | 20°59′16.6″N 105°48′55.8″E / 20.987944°N 105.815500°E |
Type | Conflagration |
Deaths | 56 |
Non-fatal injuries | 37 |
On 12 September 2023, at around 23:30 ICT (UTC+07:00), a fire occurred in a nine-story microapartment building in the 29th alley of Khương Hạ street, Khương Đình ward, Thanh Xuân district, Hanoi, Vietnam.[1] Of the approximately 150 people residing in the building, 56 were killed by the fire and 37 others were injured.[2][3][4][5] It was the deadliest residential fire in Vietnam since the 2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire.[6][7]