According to one report, the Eastern Science Park fire burned for so long because sections of the fire walls had been perforated for pipes and electrical wiring, and such perforations were either not later filled in, or not properly filled in.
根據報導，東方科學園區的延燒，是因為管道間區劃的防火牆，被管線穿過而沒有填塞或填塞不嚴密。