2 injured in fire at Hong Kong construction site, more than 250 firefighters deployed to tackle third-alarm blaze
- Worker sustained limb fractures, another suffered abrasions during escape from blazing two-storey metal structure under Tsuen Wan Road flyover
- Sixty fire engines and nine ambulances were sent to the scene
More than 250 firefighters took about four hours to put out a blaze at a Hong Kong construction site that left two workers in hospital on Thursday.
Emergency personnel were called in when the fire broke out at a two-storey metal structure at the Hoi Kok Street site under a Tsuen Wan Road flyover in Tsuen Wan at 6.38am. The site is managed by the Drainage Services Department and its contractor.
The 15 metre by 20 metre structure, used for offices and resting areas, was badly burned in the blaze, which spewed out clouds of black smoke that resulted in a section of the flyover being temporarily closed to traffic.
The fire was upgraded to a third-alarm blaze at 6.50am. Fires in the city are rated on a scale of one to five according to their seriousness.
The city’s emergency services deployed 60 fire engines and nine ambulances to the scene of the blaze.
Senior divisional officer Lo Kit-hung of the Fire Services Department said 290 firefighters and paramedics were deployed during the incident.