Fire safety equipment sells like hot cakes in Ho Chi Minh City after deadly fire in Hanoi

The demand for fire safety equipment has surged in Ho Chi Minh City following a fatal inferno at an apartment block that killed 56 people in Hanoi earlier this week. “Everyone should buy [fire safety equipment] at prestigious stores with inspection stamps to avoid substandard products,” Trieu said. An employee of Lua Viet Co. Ltd., a supplier of fire safety equipment in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, checks fire extinguishers before delivering them to customers. Customers have had a higher demand for gas masks, rope ladders, and fire extinguishers. Phuong added that suppliers had doubled the prices of fire safety products after the blaze in Hanoi.