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The deadly fire in Tai Po│The police line up for murder and arson

2021-07-12T04:21:57.535Z


A deadly fire broke out in Tai Po, and the three mothers and daughters in the residential unit, including a 42-year-old mother and two daughters, 8 and 13 years old, were buried in the flames. Police officers are still investigating the sub-offices in the tenement house "Mei Wan Building" in Tai Po Rural Committee Square today (12th).


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Written by: Peng Kaixin Cai Zhengbang Huang Huishan

2021-07-12 12:11

Last update date: 2021-07-12 12:12

A deadly fire broke out in Tai Po, and the three mothers and daughters in the residential unit, including a 42-year-old mother and two daughters, 8 and 13 years old, were buried in the flames.

Today (12th) police officers are still investigating the sub-offices in the tenement building "Mei Wan Building" in Tai Po Rural Committee. The government laboratory staff also attended the scene to assist.

By 11:48 am, the police classified the case as "murder" and "arson" and arrested a 62-year-old man living with the deceased's mother and daughter.

The person in charge of a nearby tea restaurant said that he knew the three mothers and daughters who had died, and described the two girls as well-behaved and clean. People would greet them when they met and felt sad about the incident.

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Mr. Jin, the person in charge of the cafeteria on the ground floor of Meiyun Building, said that after learning that the three mothers and daughters were unfortunately killed in the fire, he was very sad because he knew the three mothers and daughters and said that they had lived at the upper site before May 5 or 6. I haven't seen a male wounded appear. The mother and daughter would greet each other when they met. Mr. Jin described the two girls as "behaved, ordinary but clean", and the deceased woman seemed to be new immigrants.

Mr. Jin said that many years ago when the little sisters were playing a styrofoam airplane at home, they accidentally dropped the airplane on the canopy of their office on the second floor of the Meiyun Building. Because it was too difficult to retrieve the airplane, Mr. Jin finally bought it at the mall. Two new styrofoam airplanes were given to the two girls.

Neighbors talked a lot about the fire alarm, saying that they had heard quarrels from the unit before the fire broke out and suspected that someone was igniting.

The incident occurred at 2 o'clock in the morning today. There were quarrels and fights in the tenement house "Mei Wan Building" in Tai Po Rural Affairs Association. Smoke broke out soon, and the neighbours called the police for help.

The police and firefighters arrived at the scene and found a man in the unit. He fell into a semi-comatose state and was sent to hospital.

A few minutes later, the officers found two girls and a woman inside the unit. All three of them had lost consciousness and were rushed to the hospital by ambulance and were certified dead.

It is understood that the 3 mother and daughter cohabited with a 62-year-old man surnamed Yao, who moved in at the end of last year. The neighbourhood did not know his relationship with his mother and daughter.

According to sources, at early this morning, someone at the address had a dispute due to relationship issues. A fire broke out. The three mothers and daughters had stab wounds on their bodies when they were rescued. The authorities suspected that the fire was suspicious. At 11:48 am today, the police will The cases are classified as "murder" and "arson".

It is reported that Yao Nan was arrested.

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Fire in Tai Po │3 mother and daughter were buried in the sea of ​​fire, 62-year-old man was arrested for cohabiting with stab wounds when rescued

Fire in Tai Po | A fire in a tenement building caused 3 deaths and 1 wounded, including 2 girls

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