According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland, on May 12, a shopping center with hundreds of Vietnamese stalls at 44 Marywilska, Warsaw, Poland caught fire.

The fire broke out in the early morning of May 12. About 10 minutes after receiving the alarm, the first fire brigade arrived at the scene. However, due to the large amount of goods, including clothing, and the dry weather, the fire spread quickly, destroying almost the entire shopping mall.

Initial information shows that there were no casualties, but almost all property was burned down.

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Many Vietnamese stalls were burned down in the fire. Photo: Wawa Hot News 24

Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland Ha Hoang Hai said that the shopping mall at 44 Marywilska is a large retail center in Poland with about 1,400 stalls, of which about 1/3 are owned by Vietnamese people.

Immediately after the incident, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland to urgently send a working group to the scene, and closely coordinate with local authorities and the Association of Vietnamese in Poland to grasp the situation, encourage and visit people, and promptly deploy citizen protection work.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Poland has posted a citizen protection hotline to collect information from overseas Vietnamese, ready to support them in working with local authorities, the management board of the commercial center, fire prevention and fighting forces and insurance companies to minimize the consequences of the fire.

For those who lost their documents in the fire, the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland is ready to provide maximum support to promptly reissue new documents. At the same time, the Embassy has also requested Polish authorities to promptly investigate the cause of the incident, ensuring full rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens.

Also this morning, the President of the Vietnamese Association in Poland, Mr. Tran Tuan Anh, said that the entire commercial center at 44 Marywilska was almost completely burned down by the fire. The Vietnamese Association in Poland is actively coordinating with the Embassy to gather information, encourage and visit people whose stalls were damaged in the fire and mobilize initial donations.

Fire destroys shopping center with 1,400 stores in Poland This morning (May 12), a large fire broke out at a large shopping center with 1,400 stores, named Marywilska in the Polish capital Warsaw.
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