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Smoke billows a blazing building in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday.
By msnbc.com staff
About 20 people were?believed to be?trapped Thursday?after a blaze broke out at a skyscraper in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, according to reports.
Tuoi Tre News reported that clouds of smoke billowed from?the under-construction?EVN Center for Telecommunications Information Management?after the fire?started?around 4:30 p.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET). Citing a source, it said at least?two people had been rescued and taken to hospital from the "twin towers" complex.
Tuoi Tre?quoted an official as saying that some workers?on the site "rushed to upper floors" when the fire erupted.
According to BBC Vietnam,?about 20 people were believed to be trapped inside.
The BBC reported that one of the buildings is 33 stories,?while the other has 29 floors.
It added that either?a gas explosion or faulty wiring was believed to have sparked the blaze.
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