At about 9:00 a.m. on June 2, on National Highway 1, Phu Thanh village, An Chan commune, Tuy An district, Phu Yen, a tractor-trailer with license plate 43C-035.52 pulling a trailer carrying medicine, driven by Nguyen Huu Chinh (34 years old, in Xuan Diem village, Dien Tien commune, Dien Ban district, Quang Nam), stopped in the South-North direction to have breakfast.

While parked on the side of the road, the front of the car suddenly caught fire. Upon receiving the news, the patrol team of the Traffic Police Department of Phu Yen Province Police coordinated with Tuy An District Police to arrive at the scene to direct traffic so that the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department of Phu Yen Province Police could put out the fire.

The Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department of Phu Yen Province dispatched many officers and soldiers along with 3 fire trucks to the scene. After extinguishing the fire at the front of the vehicle, the firefighters continued to open the trailer to put out the fire inside which contained bags of medicinal herbs.

By around 10:10 a.m. the same day, the fire was completely extinguished. The cause and damage caused by the fire are being clarified by the authorities in Phu Yen.