Five killed in Hanoi house fire, police say

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HANOI, Sept 16 — Five people were killed in a fire in a four-storey house ‌in a densely populated residential ⁠area of Hanoi early ⁠on Wednesday, police ‌said.

The fire ‌was brought under control at ⁠about ⁠2:30 a.m. (1930 GMT Tuesday) and fully extinguished 15 minutes later, Hanoi police said on their ‌official Facebook account.

The house, located in a narrow alley off Van Cao Street in the centre of Hanoi, had four floors, each covering about ‌60 ‌square metres. ⁠Four people had managed to escape by the time firefighters arrived, ‌the police said.

Police are investigating ‌the ⁠cause of the fire.

(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen)