fire is believed to have been an electric short circuit inside the false ceiling.
4th Alarm-Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon
142. The Fire Service was called to this address at 01.40 hours on 22nd January, 1966 and found the 2nd floor of an 8 storey reinforced concrete building well alight; the 2nd to 8th floors of the premises heavily smoke-logged, and 23 persons were trapped above the fire.
143. The premises were being used for the storage and manufacture of plastic and rattan handbags. So intense was the smoke that no less than 22 breathing apparatus wearers had to be simultaneously com- mitted to rescue operations to ensure the prompt extrication of the trapped occupants. All 23 persons were safely evacuated and the fire was extinguished within an hour and a quarter from the time of call.
144. The fire was investigated by Fire Prevention Bureau Officers who assigned the cause as sparks from electric short circuit igniting nearby combustible cartons. The damage of this fire was estimated at $25,000.
4th Alarm-Hong Nin Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
145. At 22.12 hours on 23rd January, 1966 Mainland Fire Control received a call to the above address, and Fire Service units found on arrival a severe fire on the ground floor of a 10 storey reinforced con- crete tenement building.
146. The ground floor was occupied by an electrical shop and, inter alia, contained 25,000 pounds of raw plastics and electrical stores. The fire flashed over the ground floor with such rapidity that 6 persons were trapped in the cockloft thereof, but search and rescue teams managed to reach them and lead them to safety. A further 100 persons were trapped by smoke and heat on the other floors and were safely evacuated by rescue teams. The fire was brought under control within 28 minutes of the time of call and was confined to the ground floor. The damage at this fire was estimated at $20,500.
4th Alarm-Wuhu Street, Kowloon
147. At 21.44 hours on 6th February, 1966 units of Mainland Fire Command responded to a call at the above address to find that the 4th floor of an 11 storey building was well alight. The 4th floor was used as a shoe and slipper factory, and fire and smoke was rapidly
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