Fire at timber processing company caused big loss

10:12, 26/12/2007

A fire has caused losses worth about 2 million USD to the Cheer Hope timber processing company in southern Dong Nai province.

A fire has caused losses worth about 2 million USD to the Cheer Hope timber processing company in southern Dong Nai province.

The fire, the largest in Dong Nai province over the past five years, occurred at 20:30 on December 21.

It started at the painting workshop and then expanded to the whole site, ruining three processing workshops and a store with a large quantity of products for export to
Taiwan .

Even though more than 1,000 workers were being at work, there was not any loss in life.

Police is inquiring into the cause of the fire.

(Source: VNS)