Tay Ninh (VNA) – A delegation from Cambodia’s Tboung KhMum province on November 6 visited the Department of Public Security of the southern border province of Tay Ninh to express their gratitude to the latter’s support in putting out a recent fire in Ponhia Kret district.
Heading the delegation, Major General Sui Bun Hieng, a deputy director in charge of firefighting and explosives at Tboung KhMum's public security department, praised the Tay Ninh public security force’s timely rescue efforts, which prevented the November 3 blaze from spreading further.
Speaking at the meeting, Colonel Tran Van Luan, Deputy Director of the Tay Ninh Department of Public Security, said that the assistance reflected the strong cooperation, friendship, and solidarity between the two provinces, particularly in the field of firefighting and, more broadly, in security matters.
At around 8am on November 3, a fire broke out on the top and seventh floor of a casino in Tbuong Khmum province’s Ponhia Kret district. The Cambodian fire fighting force sent three fire trucks to the scene, but they were unable to extinguish the blaze and so sought assistance from the bordering province of Tay Ninh.
The Vietnamese side sent 15 officers and soldiers, and three fire trucks to the site. At the scene, three bedrooms on the floor were ablaze, with the fire covering around 80 sq.m. Smoke and toxic fumes had spread to the fourth, fifth and sixth floors. The Tay Ninh fire fighting police rescued four injured people, who had been trapped on the fifth and sixth floors.
The fire was put out at 1.30pm on the same day./.
