Pho Quang Pagoda in Phu Tho, greater than 800 years previous, stuck hearth fiercely at the morning of October 23.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Vinh, Vice Chairman of the Other people’s Committee of Xuan Lung commune, Lam Thao district (Phu Tho province), stated that the government have simply extinguished a big hearth that happened at Pho Quang pagoda.
Preliminary data was once that the fireplace happened round 10:00 a.m. on October 23 on the primary temple. After receiving information of the fireplace, Xuan Lung Commune Other people’s Committee coordinated with the on-site hearth prevention staff and similar devices to temporarily extinguish the fireplace.
Lam Thao district police, hearth prevention and rescue forces of Phu Tho province police have been additionally urgently provide on the scene, the use of specialised apparatus to place out the fireplace. After greater than 1 hour, the fireplace was once extinguished.
In line with Mr. Vinh, the fireplace didn’t purpose any lack of existence, however the principle pagoda was once broken. The reason for the fireplace is being clarified through government.
Pho Quang Pagoda (frequently referred to as Xuan Lung Pagoda) is positioned on a mound in Chua hamlet, Xuan Lung commune. The pagoda was once constructed across the starting of the Tran dynasty, present process many renovations, the biggest renovation being within the early seventeenth century – in 1629. Xuan Lung Pagoda was once ranked as a countrywide relic in 1980.
The pagoda is over 800 years previous and nonetheless preserves many treasured relics and antiques.