carried out search operations and discovered a woman hanging by her hands from a clothes line outside an 8th floor window. Firemen leaned out of the window, their legs supported by other team members and pulled the woman to safety. The woman's 6 month old child had pre- viously fallen from the eighth floor and escaped injury, her fall being broken by clothes lines and a window canopy outside the first floor.
140. The fire was brought under control in just over an hour. The cause is believed to have been a carelessly handled lighted match igniting nearby personal effects.
4th Alarm-Kowloon City
141. Shortly after 6 a.m. on 29th November 1966 a fire broke out in a highly congested squatter area. The first Fire Service units reached the scene within 4 minutes of the call being received and were confronted with an extensive fire covering an area of about 30,000 square feet.
142. The uneven terrain and conglomeration of squatter property made laying of hose lines and manhandling of equipment extremely difficult. However, the fire which severely damaged 22 structures was brought under control in just over an hour.
143. Investigation of this incident by Fire Prevention Bureau officers established that the fire started in a kitchen of a squatter structure when a non-pressure type kerosene stove was carelessly over- turned, igniting nearby combustible material.
4th Alarm-Fa Yuen Sreet, Kowloon
144. At 03.46 hours on 2nd December 1966 a fire broke out on the ground floor of No. 189 Fa Yuen Street which is a 3 storey traditional type tenement building. When the first Fire Service units arrived at the scene within a few minutes of the call, they found that the ground floor which was used as a restaurant and bakery was already well alight and the fire spreading rapidly.
145. Whilst fire fighting crews made an assault on the fire, rescue teams succeeded in conducting 28 persons to safety. Three casualties were conveyed to hospital suffering from minor injuries.
146. The fire was confined to the ground floor and extinguished 31 minutes after the arrival of the first appliances. Damage at this incident was estimated at $36,000.00.
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