A 56-metre (184-foot) aerial ladder connected to a hearth truck collapsed on Friday at a hearth station in Hong Kong throughout a month-to-month inspection, blocking the site visitors of a close-by fundamental street.
The Hearth Companies Division stated the mechanically-operated extendable ladder connected to the fireplace truck at Kowloon Bay hearth station collapsed throughout three lanes of Kai Cheung Street in Kowloon Bay at 3.25pm on Friday afternoon.
No accidents or casualties have been reported.
In response to footage from a automotive dashboard digital camera, the ladder with the fireplace carry could possibly be seen absolutely prolonged earlier than abruptly falling onto the street and inflicting the fireplace truck to show onto its aspect.
The hearth carry platform was shattered from the autumn, with components strewn throughout the street.
A big crane was known as on website to carry the wreckage and transfer the fallen ladder arm away from Kai Cheung Street.
“The division takes the accident very significantly and has arrange a job pressure to analyze the reason for the accident,” the division stated.
The broken 56-metre hearth ladder truck was first put into service on June 6, 2018, and had handed inspections each 4 months till November 2023.
The division stated it is going to instantly stop utilizing the remaining three vehicles of the identical mannequin, till the autos go a complete security inspection.
Throughout this era, the division stated it could deploy different backup ladder vehicles to take care of operational effectivity.
A police spokeswoman stated that it acquired a report at 3.29pm that the fireplace truck ladder had fallen throughout Kai Cheung Street and blocked site visitors on the carriageway.
In response, police arrange a cordon on the street.
“The Hearth Companies Division reduce the ladder on the scene and reopened all of the lanes of Kai Cheung Street,” she stated.