MTR to inspect platform screen doors after North Point fire
North Point station was closed and commuters evacuated when a passenger reported smoke
The MTR Corporation will inspect platform screen doors at all stations along the Tseung Kwan O Line after a fire at the North Point station disrupted services yesterday.
The station was closed for about three hours and 300 commuters were evacuated after a passenger reported smoke on the station's Platform 3, which serves Po Lam and LOHAS Park, at about 10.20am.
MTR staff informed the Fire Services Department when a smoke detector sounded an alarm in the control room.
"When firemen arrived in the No3 platform, the supporting structure on top of a screen door was emitting white smoke and there was a small fire," a department spokesman said.
Eight fire engines and one ambulance were sent to the station with almost 50 firemen and paramedics. Carbon-dioxide extinguishers quickly doused the flames.
Services on the Tseung Kwan O line were suspended between North Point, the line's Hong Kong Island terminus, and Tiu Keng Leng.
Services from Tiu Keng Leng to Po Lam ran at five-minute intervals and trains on the branch line between Tiu Keng Leng and LOHAS Park at 10-minute intervals.
