Witnesses say victims of a Hanoi high-rise fire jumped from upper stories to escape the blaze September 13, 2023 at 11:21PM

Ten children were among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise, police said on Thursday, which some residents desperately tried to escape by jumping out of upper stories, according to witnesses. Authorities have still not released the cause of the fire, which broke out just before midnight Tuesday and wasn't extinguished until Wednesday morning in the nine-story apartment building in Vietnam's capital.