Burst
Written by: Zhu Yashuang Wu Zisheng Yu Ruijing
2020-09-24 19:40
Last update date: 2020-09-24 19:40
A third-level fire broke out in Lek Yuen Village, Sha Tin, and a man was killed in the fire unit on the fifth floor.
During the fire alarm, the unit opposite the burning unit was caught by heavy smoke. An elderly woman could not escape. She climbed out of the window and squatted on the clothes rack. She held the window grilles with one hand and covered her face with a towel for help. It’s so hot.” Fortunately, firefighters rushed to the unit to rescue her. She was trapped for at least half an hour and was injured and sent to hospital.
A level three fire broke out in Wing Shui Building, Lek Yuen Village, Sha Tin. An elderly woman was trapped in a clothes rack and rescued by firemen.
(Photo by Wu Zisheng)
At about 4 pm, the reporter saw at the scene that a large amount of black smoke was continuously emitted from a unit on the fifth floor of Rongrui Building facing Shatin Rural Committee Road. The interior and exterior walls of the unit were blackened, and the same floor and upper floors also continued to emit smoke. Residents hurriedly Falling down and evacuating, scattered residents were trapped by the window.
An old woman was trapped in the fifth-floor unit. She climbed out of the window and stood in the open clothes rack waiting for rescue. She supported the window grilles with her right hand and covered her mouth and nose with a towel on her left. Smoke came from behind, even She was once covered up, making her attraction difficult. After a while, she was exhausted and squatted on the clothes rack, precarious.
↓↓The trapped and rescued old woman in Rongrui Building, Liyuan Village↓↓
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Fire trucks rushed to Sha Tin Rural Committee Road and waited for the ladder to arrive. Firemen also entered the fire scene to rescue.
While waiting to be rescued, the old woman panicked and shouted loudly, "Hurry up, don't stop!" and "It's hot". The residents of the Lucky Center across the street were nervous and told the old woman to "hold on!" The throat shot water around the old woman to cool down, but the water flow fell on the old woman's face at the same time, making it difficult for her to open her eyes.
At about 4:45 in the afternoon, the firefighters successfully entered the unit to rescue, went to the window to put on a mask for the old woman, and pulled the exhausted woman back into the house to survive.
The old woman was trapped in a clothes liner for at least half an hour. After being rescued, she was unwell and sent to hospital.
The fire was surrounded at 4:54 pm.
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