Hong Kong firefighters put out early morning third-alarm blaze at old industrial building
Three water jets and four breathing apparatus teams deployed, with no casualties reported
Hong Kong firefighters put out a third-alarm blaze at an old industrial building in Wong Tai Sin early on Wednesday morning after battling the flames for hours. No injuries were reported.
The fire service was alerted that some plastic material and paper were on fire on the ninth floor of Wing Chai Industrial Building on Ng Fong Street in San Po Kong at about 10.15pm on Tuesday.
At 11.45pm, the department upgraded the fire’s status to alarm No 3 – on a scale of one to five, with five being the most severe – so as to allocate more resources to control the blaze.
Firefighters used three water jets and four breathing apparatus teams were mobilised.
According to a government statement, the fire was brought under control at 5.54am and largely put out by 7am.
