Around 11:15 a.m., a fire broke out in a 20-square-meter bedroom of a 100-square-meter house belonging to 46-year-old Bui Chi Cang on Nguyen Xi Street, Hamlet 5, Ninh Son commune. Mr. Cang's wife was alone in the bedroom at the time.

The house where the fire occurred. Photo: Hai Toan

The house where the fire occurred. Photo: Hai Toan

Neighbors saw the smoke and called for help while alerting the fire department. Dozens of firefighters from the Khanh Hoa Province Police Department's Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Division, Region 7, responded to the scene.

The fire was extinguished about 5 minutes later. The woman in the bedroom died, and many belongings in the room were destroyed.

According to witnesses, the victim suffered from depression and had limited mobility. A caregiver had just finished feeding her and left the house shortly before the fire started.

Bui Toan