VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of people stampeded to escape from the fire at the Golf Discotheque in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on the evening of December 5.


Golf club in Can Tho City where the fire occured last night.


The fire occurred at 11.30pm, leaving four people injured. It also destroyed the entire furniture inside the discotheque.

When the fire was discovered, the fire fighting force of Can Tho City sent nine fire trucks to the scene.

After more than four hours, the fire was controlled completely, at 4 am on December 6.

Of the four victims, two (25 and 26 years old) are now treated at the Can Tho Hospital for being asphyxiation.

According to a source, the discotheque is close to the Golf Hotel. At the time the flame blazed up, there was a birthday party there.

It is highly possible that the flame from candles caught a pine tree in preparation for the upcoming Christmas season.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Quoc Huy