MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1989
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FIREMEN COMMENDED FOR RESCUING WOMAN
FOUR FIREMEN WERE TODAY (MONDAY) PRAISED FOR THEIR RESCUING A WOMAN IN A NO.3 ALARM FIRE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AT A CEREMONY AT WAN CHAI FIRE STATION, THE ACTING
COMMAND. OFFICER
KONG OF THE HONG COMMENDATION TO PRINCIPAL FIREMAN CHOY
MR CHAN LIM-LAI,
CHONG-KUEN AND FIREMAN LEE YUET-MAN AND GAVE HIS RECORD TO FIREMAN CHAN KWAI-TUNG.
EFFORTS IN
CHIEF PRESENTED HOI. SENIOR FIREMAN FAVOURABLE A
ENTRY
THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE EVENING OF JUNE 29 AT ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A 16-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ROAD.
FIRE
HIS
WAN
IN
A METER ROOM IN WAN CHAI
DARK THAT PEOPLE WERE
FOUND PROMPTLY, FIREMEN, WHO ARRIVED AT THE SCENE SMOKE HAD ENGULFED THE BUILDING, AND ON MOST FLOORS MANY WAVING AND SHOUTING FOR HELP AT WINDOWS.
THEIR HIGH STANDARD PEOPLE FROM THE
THE FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATED OF PROFESSIONALISM AND QUICKLY RESCUED MORE THAN 80 UPPER FLOORS, AND PUT OUT THE FIRE.
THE
HAD
BEEN TRYING ΤΟ HEAT AND SMOKE ON
NINTH FLOOR, THE WOMAN, LIVING ON ESCAPE DOWN THE STAIRCASE BUT WAS OVECOME BY THE REACHING THE LANDING BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FLOORS.
FORTUNATELY, BEFORE COLLAPSING, SHE MANAGED TO WAVE AT THE STAIRCASE WINDOW AND THIS WAS NOTICED BY THE FOUR WERE COMMENDED TODAY.
TURNTABLE
HER HANDS FIREMEN WHO
LADDER TO THE
FOURTH
THEY IMMEDIATELY OPERATED A FLOOR AND, USING CUTTING EQUIPMENT, REMOVED THE WINDOW BARS.
THEY THEN CLIMBED INSIDE AND RESCUED THE WOMAN WHO WAS TO THE GROUND ON THE TURNTABLE LADDER.
CARRIED
THE WOMAN SPENT
A
FEW
DAYS IN HOSPITAL
AND MADE
A
GOOD
RECOVERY.
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