Tsing Yi No.3 alarm fire roundup
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     A No.3 alarm fire broke out at a ship repair centre at No. 72, Tam Kon Shan Road in Tsing Yi today (January 5). The passenger compartment of a ferry (611 gross tonnage, about 42 metres in length and 11 metres in width) berthed at the dockyard of the repair centre was damaged.

     The fire broke out at 5.32pm and was upgraded to No.3 alarm at 5.39pm. It was put out at 6.48pm.

     Firemen used three jets and mobilised four breathing apparatus teams to fight the blaze.

     No casualty has been reported.

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

Ends/Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Issued at HKT 22:36

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