Tsing Yi fire roundup
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    A quantity of sundry items on a 30-metre long vessel berthed at a shipyard at Tam Kon Shan Road, Tsing Yi North were damaged in a No. 3 alarm fire yesterday (December 12).

     The fire broke out at 8.16pm yesterday (December 12) and was upgraded to No. 3 alarm at 8.47pm.

     Firemen used three jets and three breathing apparatus teams to put out the blaze at 9.59pm. No casualty was reported.

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

Ends/Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Issued at HKT 08:50

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