A mixed crew of foreigners and Chinese from the Central Fire Station had a narrow escape from death when they responded to a fire alarm from Dixwell Road, near Fast Kashing Road, at about 618 p.m. yesterday, Eight shells landed near the Chinese buildings in which the fire had broken out. One of the shells landed so close that one of the Chinese firemen, No. 237, was hit by shrapnel in his legs, although the crew had taken cover under the wall at the end of the alleyway. The shells were believed to be from the
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