A Chinese who jumped from an upper story window yesterday with clothes aflame and lived to tell the tale is now receiving medical attention at the Lester Chinese hospital Trapped in a fire which swept through the Hong Foong Dye and Weaving factory, which, occupied a wooden superstructure placed atop the cement building at Nos. 977, 979 and 981 Sinza Road, the Chinese was unable to make an escape with other occupants by way of the stair and was forced to jump.
Three trucks from Sinza station answered the call which was made at 8.32 p.m, and it was not until about 9 o'clock that the fire was under control owing to the difficulty in reaching it with apparatus, The building itself, which is occupied by the Johnson Garage, was not seriously damaged as it was constructed of concrete; the factory, however, which makes a fourth story of wood and which police believe to be an unauthorized addition tto the building, was almost completely destroyed Trucks returned to the fire station at 10.45 p.m, Police Make Raid and
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