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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1993

BRAVE FIREMEN COMMENDED

SIX MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) COMMENDED FOR A JOB WELL DONE DURING A NO. 4 ALARM FIRE IN A CHAI GARMENT FACTORY TWO WEEKS AGO.

FIRE

NINE PERSONS WERE RESCUED AND THE FIRE WAS SWIFTLY PUT OUT,

WAN

AT A COMMENDATION-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, ACTING DIRECTOR OF SERVICES, MR PETER CHEUNG, PRAISED THEM FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BLAZE, TWO MEN WERE SPOTTED ON THE ROOF OF THE 11-STOREY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH FIRE CLOSELY BEHIND THEM.

THE 37-METRE TURNTABLE LADDER AT THE SCENE WAS UNABLE TO THE ROOF.

THE TOP

REACH

WHILE WAITING FOR A LONGER TURNTABLE LADDER FROM SHEUNG WAN, FIRE OFFICERS TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO HOOK A SHORT LADDER OF THE AVAILABLE TURNTABLE LADDER TO EXTEND ITS MAXIMUM HEIGHT.

ΤΟ THE WORKING

ONE DOWN

BY

DOING THIS, THE TWO MEN MANAGED TO ESCAPE ONE BY THE LADDER. SOON AFTER THEIR ESCAPE, THE PLACE WAS ENGULFED IN FIRE.

MR CHEUNG SAID THE RESCUE OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY WITHIN EIGHT MINUTES.

COMPLETED

THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AT 26 CHUNG STREET AT 6.16 PM. FIREMEN ARRIVED THERE IN THREE MINUTES.

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THE BLAZE WAS UPGRADED TO NO. 3 ALARM AT 6.27 PM AND TO NO. ALARM AT 7 PM. IT WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AT 10.06 PM AND WAS PUT OUT SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

AWARDED THE COMMENDATIONS WERE SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER CHOI KING-SANG, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER LAW HUNG, SENIOR STATION OFFICER TAI KEI-WAI, PRINCIPAL FIREMAN LO PING-LAM, AND FIREMEN LUK BING-KEUNG AND WONG NAI-KWAN,

MR CHEUNG SAID TWO OTHER MEMBERS WHO HAD DONE WELL IN THE RESCUE OPERATION HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR A HIGHER HONOUR.

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