Grand Lisboa Palace fire under investigation

A fire at the construction site for Sociedade de Jogos de Macau’s (SJM) new Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai, which broke out late Saturday night, is being investigated by the local authorities, with Judiciary Police suspicious that it could have been arson, according to local broadcaster TDM.
The broadcaster cited local publication Ou Mun Tin Toi, stating that 88 workers were taken off the site and one trapped worker was saved by fire-fighters. The fire was detected at about 6 o’clock in the morning and put out before noon. Over one hundred fire-fighters were involved in the operation, with one needing to be hospitalized.
The site had previously received a 44-day work-halt mandate after the death of a construction worker in late June.
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