Mother and children were rescued in time by Hanoi police in a fire

On the morning of September 16, Hanoi City Police said that the Fire Fighting and Rescue Teams of Area 4 and Area 15, Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department coordinated with other units to promptly rescue 3 people trapped in a fire that broke out at a house on Nguyen Viet Xuan Street, Ha Dong Ward, Hanoi City.

At about 10:12 p.m. on September 15, 2025, Call Center 114 - Command Information Center reported a fire at a house on Nguyen Viet Xuan Street.

Upon receiving the news, the Hanoi City Police Command Information Center mobilized the Fire Fighting & Rescue Team of Area 4 and Area 15, the Fire Fighting & Rescue Police Department, along with 4 fire trucks and 24 officers and soldiers to quickly arrive at the scene to coordinate with the authorities, ward police and people to organize fire fighting and rescue. At the same time, the leaders of the Fire Fighting & Rescue Police Department also mobilized 2 command vehicles, 1 truck carrying special vehicles and directly went to the scene to command the fire fighting and rescue work.

Hanoi City Police tried to rescue people in the fire.

‎As soon as they arrived at the scene at 10:20 p.m., the authorities discovered a fire growing strongly in the front area of ​​the first floor of a 4-story house (the house area is about 40 square meters, tubular, narrow facade) with a lot of smoke and toxic gas covering the first floor and spreading to the floors, rooms along the stairs and there were people trapped in the fire. The fire commander quickly directed a reconnaissance team to break the front door of the house, carrying personal protective equipment, breathing apparatus to move to the upper floors to search and rescue people trapped in the fire and a team deployed a fire fighting formation on the first floor area, preventing the fire from spreading to the upper floors of the house and 2 adjacent houses.

After a period of firefighting and search and rescue efforts until 22:25, the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force controlled the fire and promptly approached and rescued 1 woman and 2 small children (born in 2019 and 2022) trapped on the 2nd floor of the house, bringing them to a safe area. After that, they were handed over to the medical team to take them to the emergency room (currently the health of the 3 people is stable). By about 22:30, the fire was completely extinguished.

The cause of the fire is being further investigated and clarified by the authorities in accordance with the provisions of law.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/doi-song/ba-me-con-duoc-cong-an-ha-noi-giai-cuu-kip-thip-thoi-trong-dam-chay-i781456/