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[Shajiao Village kills fire] Electric scooter short-circuited and injured 3 male heads unconscious 8-year-old died

2020-02-28T19:00:08.621Z


A fatal fire broke out in Shajiao Village, Shatin. On the evening of Friday (28th), a unit on the 13th floor of Oriole Building suspected that an electric scooter near the door was short-circuited and caught fire. A female neighbor inside the house fled in time for the birth, but the door was closed by fire. Both the 8-year-old son and his 8-year-old son were unable to escape. They were both trapped. They were both in a coma when they were rescued. The 8-year-old boy was certified dead after being sent to the hospital. Police said that when the fire broke out, the heads of the family were unable to escape from the fire in time because they were in a relatively close position inside the house. They believed that the fire was not suspicious.


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Written by: Deng Haixing

2020-02-29 00:31

Last updated: 2020-02-29 02:56

A fatal fire broke out in Shajiao Village, Shatin. On the evening of Friday (28th), a unit on the 13th floor of Oriole Building suspected that an electric scooter near the door was short-circuited and caught fire. A female neighbor inside the house fled in time for the birth, but the door was closed by fire. Both the 8-year-old son and his 8-year-old son were unable to escape. They were both trapped. They were both in a coma when they were rescued. The 8-year-old boy was certified dead after being sent to the hospital. Police said that when the fire broke out, the heads of the family were unable to escape from the fire in time because they were in a relatively close position inside the house. They believed that the fire was not suspicious.

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At about 11:36 last night, a unit on the 13th floor of the Jinying Building in Shajiao Village suddenly caught fire. The smoke rolled straight into the air. A large number of residents called the police for help. At least 100 residents fled to a safe place. The fire arrived and rushed through a hose and a team of smoke caps to extinguish the fire. The fire was extinguished after about 21 minutes.

Sources said that a pair of adult men and women and an 8-year-old boy were trapped at the time of the fire and needed to be rescued by firefighters. When the two men were rescued, they were in a coma and were rushed to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin. However, the boy died after being rescued; the female victim also had a blackened face and put on an oxygen mask to send to hospital.

At about 2 am today, the Assistant Commander (Operation) Wen Lianfa of the Tianxin Division explained the details of the fire. Wen said that the fire was believed to be caused by a short-circuit fire of an electric scooter near the door of the unit, which was not suspicious. The article stated that the fire unit had a family of three, including male and female heads of households and 8-year-old sons. The female head of the house went out to work at the time of the incident. In addition to the head of the house, there was also a female neighbor who assisted in caring for the 8-year-old boy.

Wen Lianfa said that when the rescuers arrived, the female neighbor had fled outside the house, but the head of the family was trapped and had to be rescued by fire. The two were in a coma when they were sent to the hospital. Among them, the boy was certified dead. Male heads of households are still being rescued. The article pointed out that the female neighbor was near the door of the unit when the fire broke out, so she escaped in time; but the male head of the house was on the inside terrace of the house, and his son was also in the unit's entry position, so he could not escape in time.

The outer wall of the fired unit was severely blackened.

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Source: hk1

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