On the morning of July 24, Police Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue under Provincial Police coordinated with Song Than 2 Industrial Park Management Board to organize a fire drill at Perfetti Van Melle Co., Ltd. (Road No. 26, Song Than 2 Industrial Park, Tan Dong Hiep Ward, Di An City).
35 specialized fire fighting teams of Song Than 2 Industrial Park; 75 members of the grassroots fire fighting teams, and about 1,400 employees of Perfetti Van Melle Company took part in the fire drill. The drill was based on a hypothetical situation: A fire broke out in the factory area. The fire developed quickly and covered part of the factory area. At this time, the heat emitted from the fire was high, the amount of smoke and toxic gas covered the entire factory area, affecting the fire fighting and evacuation of employees.
Immediately after that, grassroots firefighting team and specialized team of Song Than 2 Industrial Park deployed forces and means to fight the fire, but it was not effective. Fire Police Department received the news, quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire.
Reported by Tam Trang - Translated by Ngoc Huynh