People jumped from upper floors of Hanoi high-rise to escape fire, witnesses say

A shrine was set up in front of the building (Hau Dinh/AP)

Ten children were among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise, police said, which some residents desperately tried to escape by jumping out of upper floors, according to witnesses.

Authorities have still not revealed the cause of the fire, which broke out just before midnight on Tuesday and was not extinguished until Wednesday morning in the nine-storey apartment building in Vietnam’s capital.