A section of heavy underground cable was damaged by fire yesterday morning at the Union Building, 17 Canton Road, near The Bund. Firemen from Central Station quickly extinguished the flames with chemicals. They were called at "T29 am, and returned to their station within twenty minutes.
Flames destroyed a one-storey shed used as a ginning factory, at Tunsin and Great Western Roads, early yesterday afternoon. Firemen from Bubbling Well Station extinguished the fire in a little over an hour. It was estimated that the flames were under control acter $5 minutes. No-cne was injured.
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