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There are approximately 1,579 old apartment buildings in Hanoi built between 1960 and 1994, and prior to 1954. |
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On the morning of April 27, 2022, Do Duy Van, party secretary of Thanh Xuan Bac Ward's residential area 11, cut open the emergency exit of an apartment on the third floor of building G1 on 27 Khuat Duy Tien Street. |
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People have been mobilized by the residential group, the ward People's Committee, and ward police to purchase ladders and ropes in the event of a fire. Each household pays between VND300,000-400,000 ($13.06-17.42). |
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Mai Lan Huong, a resident of room 303 on the third floor of building G1, stated that her family had been mobilized more than a week prior, but due to a scheduling conflict, she only had the rope installed today. |
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Nguyen Thi Tam, a room 202 resident, stated that her family has lived in this apartment since 1989. |
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About eight kilometers away, Le Xuan Thao's family, who live on the third floor of the B1 building in the Giang Vo neighborhood of Ba Dinh District, opened three emergency exits at once. |
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The frame structure determines the size of each emergency exit; typically, one person can pass through. |
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In addition to the emergency exit, the residential group provides each floor with two fire extinguishers and urges residents to purchase rope and ladders to escape in case of an emergency. |