NFPA Journal - Winter 2022 - 16

Dispatches International
Combustible interior
finishes contributed to a
deadly fire in a karaoke
bar in Vietnam.
BINH DUONG, VIETNAM
Karaoke Catastrophe
A deadly karaoke bar fire prompts calls for enhanced
fire safety measures. By Angelo Verzoni
I
n the country's deadliest
incident in nearly five
years, 32 people died in
early September when
a fire tore through a
karaoke bar in southern
Vietnam, near Ho Chi Minh City. While
local police partly blamed drunken
customers for the tragedy, media
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reports have indicated that the facility
had major fire safety deficiencies.
According to the New York Times,
many of the singing rooms had been
locked from the inside, preventing
rescuers from getting to people. The
building contained combustible foam
panels used for soundproofing. Fire
and smoke barriers were either faulty
or nonexistent, as smoke and flames
reportedly filled all three floors and a
stairwell rapidly, according to reports.
The fire came on the heels of a
similar blaze that killed 20 people at a
nightclub in Thailand in early August.
In that fire, flammable interior finishes
also contributed to fire spread. " They
have proven to be a contributing
factor in how quickly a fire spreads, "
Valerie Ziavras, an engineer at NFPA,
said of flammable interior finishes.
(Read more about the Thailand fire and
code requirements for interior finishes
in " In Compliance " in this issue.)
While officials said the karaoke bar
in Vietnam had passed a fire safety
STR/VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

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