Tributes pour in for `role model' heroes who died

Senior fire officer Siu Wing-fong, 46, and fire officer Chan Siu-lung, 25, died of smoke inhalation on Sunday while saving residents trapped in the No 5 alarm blaze at Cornwall Court in Mong Kok.

Siu left behind a wife and 12-year-old daughter. Chan's mother was emotional when identifying her son's corpse at the mortuary yesterday.

Fire Service Department Staffs General Association vice president Chiu Sin-chung said he had known Siu and his family for 17 years as they were neighbors in the Fu Tei married quarters.