Two Chinese were burned to death and ten others, including four women, were injured in the course of a major fire which occurred in North Shanse Road during Wednesday night.
The alarm was sounded at 3.50 a.m. yesterday, and Central Fire Station responded. The firemen were on the job for nearly three hours before the flames were extinguished.
Four houses in a lane were practically gutted, and two were slightly damaged. The flames leaped across the thoroughfare and charred the front of yet another house. The structures affected were shops an? dwellings, in a highly congested section.
The bodies of two Chinese were found in the ruins as the firemen penetrated.
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