Fire sprayed from 'death hole' after the explosion

Binh Loi Street, Ward 13, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City suddenly exploded, sprayed with high meter fire made many people panic.

Fire erupted from the "death hole" position.(The picture provided by a reader)

Mr. Nguyen Quang Manh, owner of 236 Binh Loi (Ward 13, Binh Thanh District) said that on the morning of October 28, he packed out the water and suddenly the road in front of the house caught fire, accompanied by many explosions, after Then the road collapses. Mr. Manh quickly used a warning device for pedestrians.

"Deathhole " exploded about 30cm deep, about 20cm wide. "Under the boiling water hole, every few minutes, the fire erupts more than a meter high, pink smoke. The asphalt layer around the location is cracked," Manh said.

According to Manh, a few weeks ago, "strange phenomenon" occurred in this position, a group of workers came to dig the road, then leveled back. "May the authorities soon find the cause. It keeps spraying like this but at night it is very dangerous because it does not warn people to walk , " said Manh.

Smoke continuously rises, and a few minutes spray fire in the hole.(Photo: An Nhon)

In the afternoon of the same day, the police and the district commanders' office were present at the scene to block the position of subsidence to wait for functional units to examine and find out the causes and overcome "strange phenomena".