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A large-scale squatter village fire, such as swept the Tai Hang Tung settlement on the evening of 22nd July 1954, brings much suffering to thousands of unfortunate people. This particular fire laid waste 13 acres, destroyed some 2,000 buildings (mainly of wood construction), killed nine people, injured many more and rendered over 24,000 homeless. Next morning, all that remained of Tai Hang Tung village was a wilder- ness of untidy, smoking debris.
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