The fire was sparked late Sunday on the ground floor of a five-storey apartment block, with all eight fatalities due to smoke inhalation, Ho Chi Minh City authorities said in a statement.
“There were shouts for help from the apartment. Several residents on higher floors had to jump down to escape. It was terrible,“ a neighbour told the state-run Thanh Nien newspaper.
Deadly blazes have recently resulted in a string of high-profile arrests and prosecutions in Vietnam.
In December, police arrested a suspected arsonist over a karaoke bar fire in Hanoi that killed 11 people.
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