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Written by: Guo Qianwen and Chen Xiwen
2021-06-12 12:06
Last update date: 2021-06-12 12:26
A deadly fire broke out in Homantin Village. The incident occurred in the early morning of this (12th) morning. A unit in Yiwen Building, Homantin Village suddenly caught fire. The male resident was suspected of inhaling excessive smoke and fell into a coma. He died after being sent to the hospital.
The police said they suspected a fire in a charging electric wheelchair, and the case was initially unsuspicious.
According to sources, the burning unit was full of debris and a fire broke out near the door when the incident occurred.
The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" returned to the scene in the morning. The fired unit was still unsealed, and the exterior wall was blackened; there was a severely damaged electric wheelchair in the public corridor, suspected to be a wheelchair on fire; the elevator lobby was filled with a large number of moved out of the house The sundries include several wheelchairs, some of which only have brackets.
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Chen Taizhi, who was on the same floor of the burning unit, rarely saw the dead come in and out on weekdays.
She was sleeping soundly when the fire alarm broke out. "I didn't hear the alarm bell ringing." It was only when her neighbor called her that she was alarmed by a nearby unit.
Mrs. Chen and her husband immediately went out to escape, and later learned that the fire had been put out, Mrs. Chen went home to rest.
The incident occurred at about half past midnight today (12th) when a fire broke out in a unit in Yiwen Building, Ho Man Tin Village. Firemen rushed to the report and put out the fire nearly half an hour later.
After the rescuers broke into the fired unit, a 57-year-old resident named Ruan Nan was found inside the house. He was suspected of inhaling excessive smoke and fell into a coma. After being sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance, he was certified dead.
The police stated that they suspect that a charging electric wheelchair caught fire at the site, which is believed to be unsuspicious.
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A 57-year-old male resident died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment after an electric wheelchair caught fire while charging in Hewentian Village
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