Carelessness causes 65 pct of 455 fires in H1: CB
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) responded in the first six months of this year to 455 fires, a year-on-year increase of 44 call outs, or 10.71 percent, of which 296 were occasioned by unattended cooking, electrical short circuits, embers from joss sticks, incense papers and other kindling items, as well as mechanical and electrical failures, accounting for 65.05 percent of the total.CB spokesman Lei Long Kit announced yesterday the bureau’s fire and rescue incident statics during a press
July 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei