Sha Tin No.3 alarm fire roundup
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    A unit used as a godown, about ten metres x five metres, on the eleventh floor of a 12-storey industrial building at No.15-17 Shan Mei Street in Sha Tin was damaged during a No.3 alarm fire this afternoon (July 21).

     The fire broke out at 2.13pm and was upgraded to No.3 alarm at 2.37pm.  

     Firemen used two jets and mobilised two breathing apparatus teams to fight the blaze.  The fire was put out at 3.25pm.

     A man feeling unwell received examination by the ambulance crew at the scene.  

     A total of 25 persons were led to place of safety by the firemen.  

     No suspicious circumstances were detected about the cause of the fire.

Ends/Friday, July 21, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:39

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