Two people were burned to death and eleven people injured, some of them seriously, as the result of a disastrous early morning fire at a re-rupee camp situated on Connaught and Tonquin yesterday. As in former outbreaks the blaze spread with amazing rapidity, due to the flimsy construction of the various buildings involved, and firemen were faced with a difficult task before the flames were finally subdued.
A call was received at: the Ichang Road Fire station at 135 am. and within a few seconds engines were speeding away to the outbreak, which was located in Zee's Garden, now used as a refugee centre, adjoining Connaught and Tonquin Roads. On arrival they discovered that one large building in the camp was a roaring inferno and that the flames were spreading to other adjoining structures.
Fouring thousands of gallons of water into the blaze to stop structive spread, the firemen worked heroically for over two and a quarter hours before control was gained. Meanwhile other firemen assisted fugees to get to safety and it chief due to other efforts that the loss of life was nex greater. Man; of the refugees, however, suffered suz ly from burns but note of them were very serious.
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