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Ernest Kao

Hundreds of people were evacuated when the bamboo scaffolding around their Tseung Kwan O residential building went up in flames in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Six people were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The fire broke out on around the 23rd-floor of Fai King House, King Ming Court, at 4.32am. It was raised to a No 3 alarm 45 minutes later.
Firefighters arrived within minutes and managed to put out most of the blaze by 7am with the deployment of five jets and 10 breathing apparatus teams. About 500 residents were evacuated from the complex.
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Television images showed large swathes of the mesh and bamboo scaffolding alight in a blaze on three sides of the building.
Poon Wai-lun, Fire Services Department division commander for Kowloon Central, said the fire covered an area extending to 80 metres in height and 50 metres in breadth and which engulfed the east, south and southeast facades of the 35-storey structure.
This added to the challenge in putting it out.
“The location of the fire was the exterior of the building somewhere at mid to high height on the bamboo scaffolding of the structure, which was undergoing [exterior] maintenance,” Poon said.
“We are still investigating the cause of the blaze.”
The six injured suffered light injuries ranging from sprains to excess smoke inhalation. They were taken to Tseung Kwan O Hospital for treatment.
Built in 1988, the three-block estate on Tsui Lam Road has 1,050 apartments.
With the recent dry weather, a red fire danger warning had been in force since Saturday before finally being cancelled yesterday morning.


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Flames covered the east, south and southeast facades of the 35-storey structure. Photo: Now TV

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