Set on fire by a Chinese incendiary bomb, the plant of an American-owned aerated water firm on Hwa-tung Road, Yangtszepoo, burned for about one hour on Friday night, a Japanese Embassy spokesman revealed at yesterday morning's press conference, The Eddie Aerated Water Factory is listed at Lane 413, 50 Ningkuo Road, which intersects Hwatung Road, Six other incendiary bombs dropped by the Chinese during one of their three successive air raids at seven, 10.30 and 12 on Friday night, landed on a block of Chinese houses on Kashing Road setting them on fire, the spokesman said.
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