A fire broke out in a chemical warehouse in an administrative zone in Bac Lieu City, southern Bac Lieu Province on December 18, severely destroying the warehouse.


A view of the chemical warehouse after the fire (Photo: Dan Tri)

The fire started at the warehouse of Bac Lieu Aquaculture Department at about 8pm.  The fire was put out after an hour.

According to the department’s head, an electrical short circuit caused the fire, which spread quickly to chemical tanks.

So far, there are no estimates to the actual amount of damage caused by the fire.

Hanoi - A chemical explosion at a power plant in Vietnam has killed two workers and seriously injured four others, officials and state media said Wednesday.
The explosion occurred at the Hai Phong power station in the north-east of the country. The plant is currently under construction by a Chinese contractor to the Vietnamese authorities.
"This is the second deadly explosion within a month in this plant," the plant's general director Tran Huu Nam said.
Nam said the explosion occurred on Tuesday when six workers, including one Chinese expert were moving tanks containing chemicals from an old store to a new one. Two Vietnamese workers died on the spot. The other four were in hospital being treated for their injuries.
The explosion blew up the store, damaging the surrounding area and dismembered the two workers who died, according to state-run newspaper Thanh Nien.

Twenty-one workers were serious burned when an explosion rocked a Tan Tan Thanh Company chemical storehouse Ho Chi Minh City June 17.

The explosion caused a fire that burned seven motorbikes and one bicycle at a restaurant located opposite the company in Tan Thoi Nhat Ward, District 12.
 


A view of a chemical storehouse burned to the ground after an explosion at Tan Tan Thanh Company on June 17. (Photo:SGGP)

Residents said they first heard a massive explosion at the warehouse before several more large explosions followed.

The blast also caused damage to several nearby residential and commercial buildings.

The blast occurred as tens of workers were on duty at the facility. The fire swiftly spread and destroyed the company’s entire 3,000 square-meter property.

Eight fire trucks with nearly 100 fire fighters put the blaze under control, but one fireman fainted during the operation.

The cause of the blast is under investigation.