EIGHTY-TWO OFFICERS AND FIREMEN FOUGHT A FIVE-HOUR HIGH-RISE BLAZE AT THE 45-STOREY CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND (CPF) BOARD BUILDING IN ROBINSON ROAD. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE HIGHEST HIGH-RISE FIRE IN THE CITY SO FAR, WHERE SKYSCRAPERS ARE REACHING AS HIGH AS 50 STOREYS OR EVEN HIGHER. THE FIRE AT THE $41 MILLION CPF BOARD BUILDING, WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, STARTED ON THE 42ND FLOOR AT 1.15 AM, FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS.
07/10/1975
PCD0479 - 0107
SPH2005,025770-025783/11A
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