Eight people living on the same floor and a cat were evacuated by firefighters while 28 others self-evacuated; Fire Services Bureau says a household appliance may have caused the fire.
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Many fires caused by carelessness, while large number of Covid-19 patients places extra burden on hard-pressed staff.
The chief of the Areia Preta fire station, Kuok Pan, told reporters that a fire at Macao Water’s headquarters in Ilha Verde yesterday morning was probably caused by a malfunctioning wall-mounted electric fan.
A lorry travelling on the Macao-Taipa Friendship Bridge was gutted by fire last night, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said.
A fire which erupted in a flat in the Kong Fok Cheong Garden residential estate in Areia Preta district last night was brought under control within 30 minutes, Leong Iok Sam, the commissioner of the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said at the scene.
A car caught fire in Avenida da Ponte da Amizade near the Macau Water Treatment Plant (ETAR) in Areia Preta district at about 6 p.m. on Monday, but the driver had a lucky escape.
A fire erupted in the switch room of Fortune Tower in Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga in the early hours of Sunday, causing a power outage in the sprawling two-block residential estate for a period of time.
A particularly smoky and smelly fire gutted the kitchen of a Thai restaurant near the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market on Saturday night.