Boiler explosion kills 1, injures 4 in Long An

LONG AN — One person was killed and four others seriously injured after a boiler exploded on Monday morning at a rice paper producer on Nhơn Hòa 1 Street, the Mekong Delta province of Long An’s Tân An City.

Võ Quyết Trường, 33, who sat near the boiler, was thrown 20 metres by the explosion and died from his injuries.

The explosion destroyed the walls and doors of the house. Windows of nearby houses were also broken.

Local police are investigating the cause of the accident. — LV