Hotel fire in Ho Chi Minh City leaves nine hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning, two dead

Nine people were taken to hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City after a major hotel fire in Tan Son Nhi Ward, with three diagnosed with severe carbon monoxide poisoning and two people reported dead.

Thống Nhất Hospital received six patients who had inhaled smoke and were diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. They arrived between 5:47 a.m. and 6:40 a.m., ranging in age from 19 to 64. Most had difficulty breathing, dry coughs, chest pain, burning throats or wheezing.

A woman born in 1990 had severe carbon monoxide poisoning but was conscious, responsive and experiencing less breathing difficulty, coughing and chest pain. A male patient born in 2006 faced a possible intubation and received high-flow nasal cannula oxygen. Another patient, born in 1962, had severe poisoning along with second-degree burns on both hands, high blood pressure and abnormal blood lipid levels.

Children’s Hospital 1 treated a child born in 2024 for smoke inhalation. The child was conscious and had stable vital signs while receiving oxygen through a mask with a reservoir bag. Initial information said the fire was discovered on the ground floor at about 5 a.m. The child and the child’s father moved from the fourth floor to the rooftop before an emergency medical team provided oxygen.

People’s Hospital 115 reported treating two additional patients for moderate smoke inhalation while monitoring them for carbon monoxide poisoning. They were assessed under the city Health Department’s smoke-inhalation protocol and transferred for continued intensive care and toxicology monitoring. The fire broke out at a hotel on Tan Ky Tan Quy Street, where residents and passers-by saw smoke and flames rising from the building.