A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile at a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead, state media said on Wednesday. Online newspaper VnExpress quoted a local government official as saying that rescue workers spent nearly 100 hours trying to free Li Hao Nam […]
Le Hoang Bao, director of Dong Thap province’s transport department, said, “I cannot understand how he fell into the hollow concrete pile, which is only (25 cm) in diameter, and was pushed 35 meters into the ground.” ” Tuoi Tre News, a local newspaper. Media reported that efforts to lift the pile with cranes and […]
Four fire fighting units later arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire at around 10:52 pm using foam and other equipment. Shafikul said a preliminary investigation suggested it was an accidental fire, but the cause was not immediately clear.
