Slight burns about the head and hands were suffered on February 11 by several members of the Fire gale while fighting a cent that broke out in the hold of a lighter moored to the gasoline landing station of the A. P. C. at Yangtszepoo Point. Luckily no one was s0 severely burned as to be con~ fined to hospital and after dressings had been applied by the unit physician the men returned to duty.
The fire was an odd one in that during its continuation the streams of the brigade were turned on the firemen, and not on the fire. For some time the rubber clothing of the snen_was afire which presented an odd spectacle.
The fire broke out amongst several leaking tins of gasoline that were being shifted from the hold of the lighter to the shore, How it started not been discovered though cigarette stub is believed to have been responsible, The hold contained som 1,100 gallons of gasoline in tins and on the first burst of flame it was quickly vacated by the cooties employed in unloading.
The brigade was called and Yangtzsepoo "A," "By" and "C" responded together with the Fire Dragon and the Hongkew apparatus.
They found the hold partly filled water through the efforts of the earlier fire fighters and this was ablaze on op because of the free gasoline which floated.
Perceiving that the heat would result in the bursting of other tins and that the whole cargo would have deen doomed, the men under Capt. J. G. Dyson stopped playing water ly} into the hold and undertook the @angerous task of removing the cargo, To do this they had to climb down, Hin the blaze and among the first to jump in were Capt. Dyson and Third Officer B. M, Hunting. They were followed by several others and the resulting wash of water carried the gasoline up over their bodies and they were truly "ati Meanwhile the units on shore fought this by turning their streams on the men in the hold and throwing spray jets of water on them which carried the gasoline off.
This was successful and after a strenuous time the cargo was lifted out piece by piece and the greater part of it saved, Capt, Dyson and the others returned to their quarters completely wet through and with several troublesome burns of a minor nature after treatment they were little the worse for the unique experience,
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