Chinese Laundry Shop Scene of Outbreak Three persons were burnt and a fcózfh received injuries in a leap fom a top floor to the pavement yesterday at about 240 pin., when fire broke out in a Chinese laundry shop in Lane No. 324, Haiphong Road.
According to information obtained on the scene, the outbreak was said to have been caused by an overheated pipe which set clothing above it on fire. The pipe came from a stove, passing through a drying room, where a quantity of clothing was being dried.
Three workers on the ground floor received burns. The fire spread so rapidly that the top floor was soon ignited, causing one of the workers to jump from the window to the pavement to escape from the flames.
Several machines were sent b; Ichang Road Fire Station and within an hour the fire was extinguished Altogether two houses were damaged.
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