Preliminary conclusion on fire at shopping mall with many Vietnamese people in Poland

On July 10, Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Public Administration Tomasz Siemoniak announced a preliminary investigation report into the fire last May at the 44 Marywilska Shopping Center in Warsaw.

Reports show parts of the internal surveillance system were burned and melted.

The Marywilska shopping center, which has a capacity of about 1,400 people and is home to mostly Vietnamese merchants, was burned down in the early morning of May 12.

Prosecutors and police have searched the office building, but have not been able to examine the burned-out hall area because the building inspectorate ordered it to be demolished from July 24 due to safety concerns for people and property.

Minister Siemoniak said several people "have been arrested in connection with acts of vandalism" in Poland and that the country was cooperating with authorities in neighboring countries where similar situations have occurred.

He stressed that the burning of parts of the internal monitoring system was an issue that needed to be considered in the further investigation.

In the early morning of May 12, a fire broke out at the 44 Marywilska Shopping Center.

The city's fire department, with nearly 200 rescue workers, participated in extinguishing the fire, but the fire spread very quickly, engulfing the entire market in just 5-10 minutes due to the large amount of flammable materials and textiles.

After about 4 hours, the fire was basically under control. All the stalls were severely damaged, the entire roof collapsed.