Misfortunes never come singly for a middle-floor resident of Bo Yat House, Pok Hong Estate, Sha Tin. A fire broke out in his unit yesterday (11th), and he was burglarized again today (12th), losing tens of thousands of dollars in property.
According to on-site sources, after the fire was extinguished yesterday, the head of the household went home to clean up the aftermath, locked the gate with iron chains and left.
At around 9 o'clock this morning, when the head of the household returned home to collect it, he found that the unit had been looted. The necklaces, rings, gold ornaments and other belongings from the home were missing, worth tens of thousands of yuan.
The police arrived at the scene to investigate and found that the door lock was not damaged, and are investigating how the thieves entered the unit.
The reporter saw at the scene that many places in the unit involved were seriously blackened, and there was also a large pool of water underground.
What was seen at the scene showed that many places inside the unit involved were severely blackened, and there was also a large pool of water underground.
(Photo by Yang Jialang)
A fire broke out in Pok Hong Estate, Sha Tin yesterday (10th). A middle-floor unit in Bo Yat Building caught fire, emitting a large amount of thick smoke and the fire was violent.
After receiving the report, the firefighters dispatched a team of smoking caps and dragging throats to fight the fire, and finally extinguished the fire.
The window frames of the upper and lower units of the unit where the fire broke out were burned and deformed, and the exterior walls of several units upstairs were also blackened.
Affected by the incident, many residents needed to be evacuated, and police officers registered information for the affected residents on the ground.
Residents of Pok Hong Estate in Shatin escaped with their toddlers and pet cats after a raging fire
