HANOI, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,590 fires and explosions occurred in Vietnam in the first 11 months of this year, down from 2,048 during the same period last year, the country's fire prevention, fighting and rescue police department said on Wednesday.
The fires and explosions killed 114 people and injured 97, causing property losses of about 581.2 billion Vietnamese dong (24.29 million U.S. dollars).
Vietnam reported 2,230 fires and explosions in 2021 which claimed 97 lives, injured 145 people and caused property losses of some 379.4 billion Vietnamese dong (15.86 million U.S. dollars), according to the department. ■