The Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement yesterday that the water pressure of the fire hydrant system of Kong Fok Cheong Garden residential estate in Areia Preta, which was hit by a huge blaze on Sunday, has meanwhile been confirmed to have been insufficient for the fire-fighting operation on that day.
While overseeing the fire-fighting operation, Fire Services Bureau Commissioner Leong Iok Sam told reporters at the scene on Sunday night that it took firefighters a lot of time to get the fire under control as when they arrived at the scene they assumed that there was no water in the building’s fire hydrant system. Therefore, the firefighters decided to pump water from a water tender to the building so that they could fight the fire.
“The Fire Services Bureau is paying close attention to the fire that happened in Kong Fok Cheong Garden in Areia Preta yesterday [on Sunday], and convened a meeting of the relevant senior officers and frontline officers this [yesterday] morning so as to gain a clearer understanding of the fire. All the officers said that there was water in the building’s fire protection system but the water pressure was insufficient to carry out the fire-fighting tasks,” the statement said.
A Fire Services Bureau (CB) drone is deployed during the Kong Fok Cheong Garden fire-fighting operation in Areia Preta on Sunday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
