Shops in Lai King Estate Market were suspected to be set on fire and 4 shops were burned to varying degrees

Arson occurred in Lai King Village.

Today (19th) at about 3:45 in the morning, several shops in the market opposite Rijing Building caught fire at the same time, and the fire was violent.

The firefighters arrived and used one hose and one smoking cap team to fight the fire, and a search and rescue team was dispatched to assist in the rescue. It took about an hour to put out the fire. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the fire, and no one needed to evacuate.

Firefighters found a suspected accelerant at the scene, which is believed to be suspicious; the police classified the case as "arson", and the Kwai Tsing District Criminal Investigation Team has taken over the follow-up.

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According to the news from the scene, four shops on the site were burned to varying degrees, including a flower shop, a tofu shop, a clothing shop and a paper-making shop.

Among them, the flower shop was almost burnt down. Many shelves and potted plants outside the shop were severely burned. Other items such as tents were also burned down. The damage to the paper shop was the slightest. on the ground.

The 4 shops at the scene were burned to varying degrees, and one of the flower shops was opposite, and a large number of shelves and potted plants were burned.

(Photo by Chen Yongwu)

A paper-made product store was slightly burned, and a small number of paper-made offerings were burnt to the ground.

(Photo by Chen Yongwu)