China News Agency, Hong Kong, July 8 (Reporter Han Xingtong) A level 3 fire broke out in a detached house on 9 Anderson Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong in the early morning of the 8th. 18 people in the house evacuated to a safe place by themselves, and no one was injured.

The Hong Kong Fire Services Department said in a subsequent meeting with the media that a fire investigation team had been set up to investigate the cause of the fire.

  It is understood that the residence belongs to the artist Lin Qingxia, and the current market value has exceeded 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Brigitte Lin was not in the house at the time of the incident, and the 18 people who were evacuated were all domestic helpers, and they escaped with their pet dogs.

  Chen Fushan, senior fire division chief of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department, said that when firefighters arrived at the scene, the fire was quite intense.

In this operation, a total of 163 firefighters and ambulancemen were dispatched from the Fire Services Department, who used drones to observe the heat source and distribution of heat from a high altitude, and transmitted the situation to the command center to formulate fire-fighting and rescue strategies.

  Chen Fushan pointed out that the fire mansion is located in the middle of the mountain and needs additional water pipes for water supply. In addition, the site area is quite large and is divided into upper and lower floors. There are many partitions, furniture, furnishings, decorations, etc. in the house. The fire is fierce and there is thick smoke, which affects The firefighters pushed forward, increasing the difficulty of rescue.

  As for the cause of the fire, he said that the Fire Services Department has set up a fire investigation team to take charge, and the relevant work has been carried out. The investigation team will submit information after completion, but no information has been released yet.

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