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16. 1. 51.
6. 2. 51.
11. 2. 51.
4. 3. 51.
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Grampian Road Squatter Area, Kowloon City. A large number of squatter huts and contents, covering an area of about 400 x 300 feet were destroyed by fire. The cause of this fire was due to sparks from a chatty fire igniting a quantity of waste paper.
5. Elgin Street, Victoria. A building of 4 floors used as a joss paper shop and dwellings severely damaged by fire, part of roof and rear section of building collapsed. Cause unknown.
Tung Street at junction of Lower Lascar Row, Victoria. One building, No. 8c was involved in the first instance. Due to the age of the property the fire gained a firm hold, spreading from No. 8c to No. 10, then to Nos. 8B, 8A and across Tung Street to the facing houses. During fire- fighting operations Nos. 8C, 8B and No. 10 buildings col- lapsed, with no loss of life or injury. The cause of this fire cannot be ascertained.
75-77, Tong Mi Road, Mongkok. The third floors of two adjacent and communicating 4-storey houses used as dwellings were severely damaged by fire. Eleven persons were rescued from the roof by the Brigade using a turntable ladder. One Police officer, one Station Officer from Kowloon and two civilians received slight injuries. The supposed cause of fire was due to a naked light coming in contact with petrol vapour whilst filling a pressure lamp.
The Brigade also attended 3 aircraft crashes during the year, i.e.,
(a) 28. 8. 50.
(6) 26. 9. 50.
A Catalina Flying Boat, PK-AKR, belonging to the Netherlands Petroleum Co., crashed into the sea near Channel Rock, Kowloon Bay. All five occupants of the aircraft were rescued by the Airport rescue launch, and the aircraft beached.
A Royal Naval single seater fighter plane crashed at Fanling whilst on combined manoeuvres with the Military, the pilot of the plane being killed.
(c) 11. 3. 51. A Pacific Overseas Airliner (Siam) Ltd., passenger plane, crashed on Mount Parker shortly after taking off from
Kai Tak Airfield, and was completely destroyed with a loss
of 26 lives.
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