A deadly fire broke out in a cold storage warehouse in Yau Tong. At 1:51 pm today (22nd), the police and firefighters received multiple reports that a fire in a cold storage warehouse under demolition at No. 10 Tung Yuen Street had caused heavy smoke to sweep through the air.
The firefighting team dispatched 3 breathing apparatus teams and used a single hose to fight the blaze, and set up a ladder to shoot water at the fire location. The firefighting team also sent a pyrotechnic team to the scene.
The fire was not put out at 3:30 pm, and at least 5 people evacuated to a safe location.
At least three male workers were injured in the fire. Two of them were unconscious when they were rescued from the fire. They were unconscious and had dark faces. They were required to use an automatic external cardiopress when they were sent to the ambulance. The remaining one was awake.
All were rushed by ambulance to United Hospital for emergency treatment. Unfortunately, one of them was ineffective and died. The other two wounded were in critical and serious condition.
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Looking through the information, the pyrotechnic task force is a building fire rescue expert of the Fire Services Department. It needs to assist the on-site supervisor to assess the fire environment and fire development, whether there will be flashovers, dust explosions and other crises, and will also participate in fire fighting and fire fighting when necessary. Save people work.
The orange helmet worn by the team is just for identification purposes, and the style is the same as the yellow helmet used by the Smokers.
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