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Hong Kong industrial building blaze "largely put out" after raging for over 100 hours

Xinhua, June 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

A deadly fire that engulfed an industrial building in Hong Kong's East Kowloon was "largely put out" late Saturday night after burning for over 100 hours and killing two firefighters.

The blaze broke out at a self-storage unit in an industrial building on Tuesday morning, and was upgraded to No. 4 alarm later that day.

Thomas Cheung, a 30-year-old senior station officer, died on Tuesday after losing consciousness while battling the fire.

The second victim Hui Chi-kit, 37, was killed on Thursday evening.

Police said on Saturday that after an examination of CCTV footage, no evidence was found to suggest an arson.

Secretary for Development Paul Chan said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government may tighten the regulation of self-storage units.

He said the Buildings Department will work with the Fire Services Departments to step up inspections. Endit