On Sunday, firefighters from the Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Department in Da Nang’s Son Tra District, plus local relevant agencies, promptly extinguished 3 large grass fires to prevent them from spreading to nearby residential areas.

A firefighter spraying water to put off fire along Le Duc Tho Street

At around 2.30pm, the district’s Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Department received an SOS message from local residents about a grass fire along Le Duc Tho in Nai Hien Dong Ward. After that, 2 fire engines and 10 firefighters were immediately sent to the scene.

Due to the hot weather associated with strong winds and dry grass, the fire quickly spread more than 2,000m² in total. Thanks to the great efforts of the firefighters, the blaze was completely extinguished after 40 minutes.

The cause of the incidents was initially identified to be that owners of the land lots lit the dry grass, but they couldnot control the fire.

Previously, it took 30 minutes for firefighters from the district’s Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Department to put out a grass fire which was nearby the above-mentioned fires.

The cause of the incidents was initially identified to be that owners of the vacant land lots burnt the dry grass, but they couldnot control the fire.

Earlier, in the morning of the same day, a grass fire broke out along Le Van Luong Street in Tho Quang Ward. However, the fire was then stamped out by local functional bodies.