The accident happened when a neighboring three-storied building tilted and fell across a vacant land plot and crashed into his house.

Fifty-year-old Tran Van Suu died on the way to the hospital. Ironically, Suu’s house was also office of the Construction Testing Center of Bach Dang Construction Joint Stock Co., newswire Vnexpress said Tuesday.

Phung Trong Chien, a resident of the house that fell, was quoted by the newswire as saying that excavators and diggers were sent to the plot besides his house in the morning, and his house started to produce cracking sounds at around 7p.m. It fell an hour later when his family was having dinner on the second floor.

The family members climbed to safety into another adjacent house, Chien said. The second and third stories of the construction center were heavily damaged.

It was late found that work on the vacant plot of land was proceeding illegally, laying the foundation for a new house without a construction permit.

Quang Ninh authorities that same night ordered that the fallen house be pulled down to prevent further damage to other houses in the area.

Investigations have been launched to find out the cause of the collapse.

(Source: ThanhNien)