Brigade Watchtowers rendered 10 report of fires on November 2. The ambulance service attended 10 calls and conveyed 11 persons to hospital One war casualty, a Chinese male, injured by shrapnel was conveyed to hospital from Pootoo Road Police Station.
Four fire calls. were attended during the 24 hours. One of these calls, at East Kashing and Mukden Roads, during the heavy downpour of rain in the evening, kept the detachment occupied for more than two hours in dealing with an outbreak involving approximately 30 Chinese houses.
The other calls were of a minor nature and were quickly extinguished in the normal manner.
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