What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 2002
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 10.77° N, 106.70° E
- Description
- Fatal fire in Vietnam
- Deaths
- 60
- Injured
- 90
2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire
Fatal fire in Vietnam
On 29 October 2002, a fire occurred in the International Trading Center (ITC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The six-story complex building was occupied by a department store, a disco and offices of several foreign companies. The fire killed 60 people and injured 90 others, making it one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in Vietnam.
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