Five people were injured, and two others died in a house fire that erupted around 1:30 AM on 17/9 in Cho Lon ward, TP HCM. The five survivors were rushed to local hospitals for urgent care, all presenting with varying degrees of skin and respiratory burns.
Among the injured, a 15-year-old girl is in critical condition at Cho Ray Hospital. On the afternoon of 17/9, Dr. Truong Duong Tien, Head of Intensive Care Unit D at the hospital, reported that the girl sustained severe respiratory burns, 91% second-third degree skin burns, and burn shock. Medical teams provided anti-shock resuscitation, endoscopic aspiration of charcoal dust from her airway, mechanical ventilation, and comprehensive burn care. Doctors are scheduled to perform a bronchial endoscopy on her on the morning of 18/9 for re-examination, as she is currently the most severely injured survivor of the blaze.
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Dr. Tien treats the 15-year-old patient. Photo: Hospital provided |
Three other patients are also receiving treatment at Cho Ray Hospital. A 43-year-old man sustained 30% second-degree skin burns to his face, chest, abdomen, and limbs, along with respiratory burns. He was intubated, placed on mechanical ventilation, underwent bronchial endoscopy, and is being treated in Intensive Care Unit B. A 14-year-old teenager suffered 45% second-third degree skin burns to the face, chest, abdomen, and limbs. Additionally, a 38-year-old woman sustained 15% first-second degree skin burns to her face and both hands, accompanied by respiratory burns. Both the teenager and the woman are receiving oxygen support via a mask, underwent bronchial endoscopy, and are being treated in the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery.
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The 43-year-old male patient is being treated in Intensive Care Unit B, Cho Ray Hospital. Photo: Hospital provided |
The fifth victim, a 66-year-old woman, is being treated at the Department of Burns and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Trung Vuong Emergency Hospital. Dr. Dinh Phuong Dong, head of the department, stated that the patient has 12% second-degree burns and respiratory injury that is not severe, and her health is currently stable.
The tragic incident also claimed the lives of two individuals: a 95-year-old woman and a 33-year-old woman.
Le Phuong
