The Fire Service Bureau (CB) announced in a statement that it received a report at around 12:33 a.m. yesterday about a fire at the junction of Rua do Rebanho (群隊街) and Rua de Tomé Pires (道咩卑利士街) near the Red Market, resulting in flames and smoke.
Arriving at the scene, fireman confirmed that a fire had broken out on a stall and quickly extinguished the blaze, the statement said, adding that no one was injured but around 30 residents living nearby self-evacuated.
Incense sticks and miscellaneous items were scattered across the ground and the external wall of the adjacent building was blackened by smoke, the statement said, adding that electrical wiring had been damaged at the scene and that the blaze was suspected to have been caused by a short circuit.
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) confirmed in a statement later that the fire involved a street stall selling paper offerings.
According to the CB statement, the fire destroyed an area of around three metres by three metres and spread to an adjacent building, affecting an area of about five metres by four metres.
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