4th Alarm-Diamond Hill, Kowloon
152. This fire which occurred in the centre of the most congested area of Diamond Hill started shortly after 6 p.m. on 27th February 1967 and involved 3 single storey and 8 two storey brick and timber buildings.
153. In the initial stages numerous overhead electric cables caught fire and dropped on to paths and tarfelt roofs. Fire fighting operations were further hampered by persons evacuating the area down the narrow lanes. Fire spread was assisted by moderate winds which frequently changed direction.
154. The fire was extinguished in a little over 3 hours from the time of call. The damage was estimated at $95,323.00 and investigation teams established that the fire started in a plastic factory but the cause could not be determined.
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Water Scheme Construction Site-Sha Tin
155. On 4th April 1966 at about 18.20 hours during a sudden heavy downpour of rain, 12 workmen fell down a 250 feet vertical shaft when a winch gantry and lowering cage collapsed. The shaft was being constructed in connexion with the Plover Cove Scheme.
156. A fireman was lowered by line to the bottom of the shaft where he found 3 workmen clinging to a platform. Lines were secured to the workmen and they were hauled to safety by Fire Service personnel then removed to hospital with minor injuries.
157. The following day Fire Service personnel located and removed 9 bodies from the tunnel leading to the bottom of the shaft.
43, Stubbs Road, Hong Kong
158. During the height of the floods on the 12th June 1966 a call was received at 13.10 hours to the above address. On arrival of the first attending appliances it was found that a 6 storey block of flats had been partially inundated with mud and earth from a landslide which came down from the slopes of Mount Nicholson immediately behind the block. The landslide had filled the ground floor flat and staircase with mud, flowed over the car ports situated in front and below the premises collapsing and burying approximately 15 of them. The premises
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