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The programme involved demolishing the rest of the makeshift houses left untouched by the fire, and the construction of the Shek Kip Mei Low-cost Housing Estate in their stead. The apartments were small, only about 300 square feet (28 m 2). [citation needed] Each unit could house five people, and each building had a capacity of 2,500 residents. [2]
In 1950, the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit was created to establish the Hong Kong Auxiliary Fire Brigade to provide additional manpower to regular fire brigade members under the Essential Services (Auxiliary Fire Service) Corps Regulations. In 1953, all Medical Corps vehicles and crew were transferred to the Fire Service.
The Shek Kip Mei fire (Chinese: 石硤尾大火) took place in Hong Kong on 25 December 1953. It destroyed the Shek Kip Mei shanty town of immigrants from mainland China who had fled to Hong Kong, leaving over 53,000 people homeless. [1] The area that was destroyed by the fire is bounded by Boundary St. and Tai Po Rd. [2]
A fire in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district disrupted morning rush hour traffic on Wednesday, authorities said, in a rare incident in the global financial hub that ...
Street level view of New Lucky House along Nathan Road in 2022.. New Lucky House (Chinese: 華豐大廈; Jyutping: Waa4 Fung1 daai6 haa6) is a composite building, including residential and commercial spaces, located in Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, [1] at the corner of Nathan Road and Jordan Road.
The Amoycan Industrial Centre fire began on 21 June 2016 in a self-storage facility housed in an industrial building in Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The fire was Hong Kong's longest-burning in two decades, and claimed the lives of two firemen.
Fifteen people were displaced when a fire broke out in an apartment complex at 4110 W. Kennewick Ave. Saturday afternoon, according to the Kennewick Fire Department.. The fire department arrived ...
An East Village apartment fire killed a 75-year-old man and injured two other people Sunday morning, authorities said. The rapid blaze broke out on the second floor of a six-story apartment ...