The market in Lai King Village was set on fire in the early hours of the morning, and four shops including the paper making shop and the tofu shop were involved.
A large number of goods were burned. Mr. Zheng, the owner of the tofu shop that has been in business for more than 30 years, said that he has never provoked Zhurong in the past, and has not collected protection fees in the past 10 years.
This morning, he received a call from a friend asking him to return to the shop early: "Come here quickly! The candle is burning!" However, he has already lost more than 10,000 yuan in goods.
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Today (19th) at about 3:45 in the morning, several shops caught fire at the same time in the market opposite Rijing Building, Lai King Village, and the fire was violent.
The police classified the case as "arson", and the Kwai Tsing District Criminal Investigation Team took over to follow up.
In the morning, go to the market to collect evidence and inquire with the stall owner.
Mr. Zheng, the owner of the tofu shop, said that he received a call from a friend at around 6:15 this morning telling him to return to the shop early, "Come here quickly! The candle is burning!" He arrived at 6:40 and had seen Part of the tofu shop was burned down, and the loss exceeded 10,000 yuan.
He said that there has been no fire alarm in the shop for more than 30 years, and there has been no protection fee in the past 10 or 20 years.
As far as he knew, the arson was suspected to be done by fools. After the market fire, there was also a rubbish pile in Yin Lai Court that caught fire.
Ms. Zhao, the owner of the paper-making shop that has been in business for more than ten years, said that two years ago, the treasure barrel was burned, and this time it was burned to buy toys for Sun Zai, worth hundreds of dollars.
The gold, silver, clothes, paper and other goods were all in good condition, so she couldn't help but say, "Oh, it's really a bodhisattva's blessing!" As for being set on fire, she said, "I don't worry about it at all, there is nothing he can do if he wants to do this."
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)
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