A large fire has destroyed 74 houses and left 400 people homeless in the Vietnamese beach town of Nha Trang.

According to local media, the blaze broke out at a house in the province of Vinh Phuc at around 10.30pm local time on Tuesday.

It’s also reported the flames sparked after a resident fell asleep while cooking animal feed.

The fire is reportedly the biggest on record in the city and lasted for about four hours.

Nha Trang is the main tourist attraction of Southern Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa province, which recorded 3.6 million visitors in the first nine months of 2016.

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